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ACCOUNT 


FUND  FOR  THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE; 


COMPLETE   LIST  OF   THE    CONTRIBUTORS. 


BY 

EDWARD    EVERETT, 

«•  H  A  I  U  M  A  N     O  F     T  II  K     O  O  M  M  I  T  T  K  E. 


1  BOSTON: 
LITTLE,   BROWN   AND   COMPANY. 

1864. 


ACCOUNT 


OP   THE 


FUND  FOE  THE  EELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE; 


COMPLETE   LIST  OF  THE   CONTRIBUTORS. 


BY 

EDWARD   EVERETT, 

CHAIRMAN    OF    THE    COMMITTEE. 


BOSTON: 
LITTLE,   BROWN  AND   COMPANY. 

1864. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by 
LITTLE,  BROWN  AND  COMPANY, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of 
Massachusetts. 


RIVERSIDE,  CAMBRIDGE: 
PRINTED  BY  H.  O.  HOUGHTON  AND  COMPANY. 


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ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND. 


THE  condition  of  East  Tennessee  had,  from  the  out- 
break of  the  war,  excited  much  interest  in  the  loyal 
States.     It  has  sometimes  been  called  the  Switzerland 
of  North  America,  and  certainly  no  part  of  the  conti- 
£   nent  had  higher  claims  to  the  name  of  "  the  happy 
£:   valley."     Its   fame   had   crossed  the   Atlantic.     More 
{g    than   twenty  years   ago,  an  English   gentleman,  who 
had  lived  several  years  in  East  Tennessee,  published  a 
pamphlet  in  London,  in  which  he  expresses  himself  in 
the  following  glowing  terms  :  — 

H 

"  To  one  who  has  resided  some  years  in  the  valley  of  East  Ten- 
nessee, breathing  the  pure  air  from  its  mountains,  and  drinking  of  its 
crystal  springs,  enjoying  the  sunny  smile  of  its  temperature  and  the 
,O     cooling  shade  of  its  noble  forests,  delighting  the  eye  and  the  heart  with 
o     its  fields  of  fruitfulness,  which  at  every  turn  present  a  new  aspect,  it 
u     is  not  '  England's  laughing  meads,'  nor  '  her  flowering  orchard  trees,' 
nor  yet  Lomond  and  the  Trosachs,  with  all  their  beauty  and  histor- 
U     ical  associations,  and  the  magic  thrown  around  them  by  the  exuberant 
"*     imagination  of  the  poet,  that  could  tempt  him  again  to  quit  the  peace- 
ful solitude,  the  clear  blue  sky,  the  song  of  the  mocking-bird,  the  note 
of  the  dove,  the  hum  of  the  humming-bird,  and  the  silence  of  nature 
where  all  is  echo." l 

1  A  brief  Historical,  Statistical,  and  Descriptive  Review  of  East  Tennessee, 
developing  its  immense  Agricultural,  Mining,  and  Manufacturing  Advan- 
tages. By  J.  Gray  Smith,  a  naturalized  citizen  ef  the  United  States.  Lon- 
don, 1842. 


4  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

Some  further  description  of  the  natural  features  of 
this  favored  region  will  be  found  in  the  following 
pages.  It  is  sufficient  to  observe  here,  that  it  was 
inhabited  before  the  commencement  of  the  war  by  a 
substantial  population  of  about  300,000,  employed 
chiefly  in  agriculture,  and  for  the  most  part  cultivating 
farms  of  moderate  size.  Although  surrounded  on  all 
sides  by  slaveholding  States,  and  conterminous  with 
those  in  which  the  slaves  stand  in  the  largest  propor- 
tion to  the  free  population,  less  than  ten  per  cent,  of 
the  entire  population  of  East  Tennessee  are  slaves.  It 
is  no  doubt  in  a  considerable  degree  owing  to  this  cause, 
that  the  great  majority  of  the  people  have  adhered  to 
the  Union,  under  circumstances  of  unexampled  trial, 
from  the  commencement  of  the  war  avowedly  levied 
by  the  South  for  the  protection,  perpetuation,  and  ex- 
tension of  slavery. 

By  their  loyalty  to  the  Constitution  and  Union,  the 
people  of  East  Tennessee  were  immediately  marked 
out  as  the  victims  of  the  most  cruel  persecution,  on 
the  part  of  the  leaders  of  the  Rebellion.  Although 
the  oppression  of  the  Southern  minority  by  the  North- 
ern numerical  majority  had  for  many  years  been  the 
favorite  topic  of  the  agitators  in  the  slaveholding 
States,  no  respect  was  anywhere  paid  to  the  rights  of 
the  loyal  minority  opposed  to  secession,  although  in 
East  Tennessee  they  amounted  to  six-sevenths  of  the 
local  population.  Mr.  Calhoun  spent  the  last  half  of  his 
life  in  contriving  organic  arrangements,  by  which  a 
minority  should  possess  a  veto  on  the  measures  of  the 
majority,  but  the  moment  the  appeal  was  made  to 


THE   RELIEF   OF   EAST  TENNESSEE.  5 

arms,  the  Unionists  throughout  the  South  became  the 
victims  of  unrelenting  proscription.  Mr.  Senator  Ma- 
son, of  Virginia,  in  a  letter  addressed  by  him  to  the 
editor  of  a  public  journal,  declared  that  those  who  did 
not  choose  to  vote  for  the  ordinance  of  Secession, — 
obtained  as  it  was  in  secret  conclave  by  surprise,  in- 
timidation, and  fraud,  —  must  expatriate  themselves  ; 
and  plainly  intimated  that  troops  had  already  been 
sent  from  the  Gulf  States  to  compel  them  to  do  so. 
This  sentence  of  banishment,  for  refusing  to  commit 
treason,  was  denounced  against  a  third  part  of  the 
population  of  Virginia.  A  correspondence  which  took 
place  at  the  close  of  1863,  between  Mr.  Jefferson  Davis 
and  the  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  has  been  recently 
brought  to  light,  in  which  the  Governor  is  rebuked 
for  even  wishing  to  conciliate  the  Unionists  of  that 
State,  who  are  denounced  as  traitors  by  Mr.  Davis, 
and  threatened  with  punishment  as  such.  The  friends 
of  the  Union  in  all  the  Border  States,  constituting  a 
great  majority  of  the  people,  instead  of  being  left 
undisturbed  in  their  loyalty,  or  even  permitted  to 
enjoy  in  peace  their  rights  as  a  minority  dissenting 
from  the  policy  of  the  slaveholding  States,  have  been, 
over  and  over  again,  invaded  by  the  armies  of  the 
South,  their  towns  and  cities  sacked,  their  property 
plundered  and  destroyed,  and  their  young  men  forced 
into  the  ranks  of  the  enemy. 

But  nowhere  have  the  rights  of  a  dissenting  minor- 
ity been  so  flagrantly  violated  as  in  East  Tennessee, 
whose  inhabitants,  owing  to  the  isolated  position  of  the 
valley,  were  for  two  long  years  beyond  the  reach  of 


6  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

the  protecting  arm  of  the  General  Government.  The 
treatment  to  which  they  have  been  subjected  will  be 
more  fully  set  forth  in  the  following  pages.  It  is  briefly 
summed  up  in  a  memorial  to  Congress  of  their  elo- 
quent champion,  Colonel  N.  G.  Taylor :  — 

u  I  will  not  say,"  he  observes,  "  that  they  are  more  loyal,  but  I  do 
declare  that  they  have  been  more  terribly  and  cruelly  tested  and 
tried  than  any  other  of  our  people.  In  1861,  when  the  question 
was  presented,  out  of  a  vote  of  little  more  than  40,000,  they  gave 
30,000  majority  for  the  Union.  Their  arms  and  ammunition  were 
seized,  before  they  could  organize,  by  the  rebel  soldiers  ;  and  though 
the  Government,  which  owed  them  protection,  did  not  protect  them, 
yet  their  hearts  clung  to  the  Government,  and  they  prayed  for  the 
Union.  Five  thousand  of  their  men  have  seen  the  inside  walls  of 
rebel  prisons,  and  hundreds  of  them,  covered  with  filth,  devoured  of 
vermin,  famished  with  hunger,  have  died  martyrs  to  their  country 
there.  Their  property  has  been  seized,  confiscated ;  their  houses 
pillaged ;  their  stock  all  driven  off1;  their  grain  consumed,  their  sub- 
stance wasted,  their  fences  burned,  their  fields  laid  waste,  their  farms 
devastated  by  friends  as  well  as  foes.  The  Rebels  robbed  them,  the 
Federals  devoured  them,  for  they  had  short  supplies,  and  our  women 
broke  their  last  biscuit  and  gave  them  the  biggest  half,  out  of  the 
mouths  of  hungry  children.  They  gave  up  the  last  horse,  mule,  cow, 
sheep,  hog,  everything  they  had,  to  the  soldiers  that  needed  them, 
because  they  were  Union  soldiers,  or  were  plundered  of  them  by  the 
enemy.  Their  young  men  have  been  hunted  like  wild  beasts,  by 
soldiers,  by  Indians,  sometimes  by  bloodhounds,  and,  when  caught, 
tied  two-and-two  to  long  ropes,  and  driven  before  cavalry  —  thin- 
clad,  barefooted,  and  bleeding  —  over  frozen  roads  and  icy  creeks 
and  rivers.  Some  have  been  beaten  with  ropes,  with  straps,  with 
clubs.  Some  have  been  butchered,  others  shot  down,  in  their  own 
houses  or  yards,  in  the  high  road,  or  the  field,  or  in  the  forest ;  others, 
still,  have  been  hung  up  by  the  neck  to  the  limbs  of  trees,  without 
judge  or  jury.  I  have  heard  of  no  single  neighborhood  within  the 
bounds  of  East  Tennessee,  whose  green  sod  has  not  drunk  the  blood 
of  citizens  murdered." 


THE  RELIEF    OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  7 

Such  was  the  respect  paid  by  the  leaders  of  the 
Rebellion  to  the  rights  of  their  fellow-citizens  who 
chose  to  adhere  to  the  Union.  Even  the  liberating 
army  of  the  General  Government  did,  at  first,  but 
complete  the  exhaustion  of  the  devoted  region,  for  in 
his  haste  to  expel  the  enemy,  General  Burnside  was 
compelled  to  move  in  advance  of  his  supplies.  As  soon 
as  a  communication  was  open  with  the  North,  a  cry 
for  relief  went  forth  from  our  afflicted  fellow-citizens 
of  East  Tennessee.  Colonel  Taylor,  of  Carter  County, 
who  had  formerly  represented  them  in  Congress,  —  a 
victim  himself  of  the'  devastations  he  has  so  feelingly 
described,  —  was  deputed  to  visit  the  Northern  cities, 
where  he  was  received  with  a  sympathy  due  to  his 
patriotic  and  fervid  efforts,  and  to  the  cause  in  which 
he  was  engaged.  A  relief  association  was  organized  in 
Philadelphia,  and  considerable  sums  promptly  contrib- 
uted. A  like  reception  awaited  him  in  Boston.  An 
opportunity  was  afforded  him  of  addressing  the  legis- 
lature, and  a  resolution  providing  for  an  appropriation 
of  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  from  the  State  treasury 
was  introduced.  In  aid  of  this  movement,  a  public 
meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Boston  was  called  in  Fanueil 
Hall,  on  the  10th  February,  1864,  of  which  the  follow- 
ing account  is  extracted  from  the  "  Daily  Advertiser  " 
of  the  next  day  :  — 

"Fanueil  Hall  was  crowded  yesterday  afternoon  with 
a  large  audience  called  together  by  the  announcement 
that  Colonel  Taylor,  of  East  Tennessee,  would  make 
an  address  before  the  citizens  of  Boston,  on  the  suffer- 
ings of  the  people  of  that  region.  A  large  number  of 
ladies  occupied  seats  in  the  gallery. 


g  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND   FOR 

"About  a  quarter  past  four  Colonel  Taylor  entered 
the  hall,  accompanied  by  His  Excellency  Governor  An- 
drew, Hon.  Edward  Everett,  Hon.  J.  E.  Field,  President 
of  the  Senate,  Hon.  A.  H.  Bullock,  Speaker  of  the 
House,  His  Honor  Mayor  Lincoln,  Collector  Goodrich, 
Judge  Thomas  Russell,  Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  Hon. 
C.  G.  Loring,  Hon.  J.  Wiley  Edmands,  and  several 
other  distinguished  gentlemen.  Their  entrance  was 
the  signal  for  enthusiastic  applause  by  the  audience. 

"Honorable  J.Wiley  Edmands  called  the  meeting  to 
order,  and  said  that  the  committee,  appointed  for  the 
purpose  of  considering  the  best  method  of  aiding  the 
people  of  East  Tennessee,  had  called  this  meeting  so 
that  the  citizens  of  Boston  might  have  an  opportunity 
of  hearing  about  their  brethren  in  that  region.  Mr. 
Edmands  stated  that  the  committee  had  prepared  the 
following  list  to  be  nominated  as  officers  for  th«  meetr 
ing,  and  they  were,  on  motion,  elected. 

"President, —  Hon.  Edward  Everett. 

u  Vice-Presidents, —  His  Excellency  Governor  Andrew, 
His  Honor  Mayor  Lincoln,  Hon.  J.  E.  Field,  Hon.  A.  H. 
Bullock,  Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  Hon.  Charles  G.  Lor- 
ing, William  Clafflin,  Esq.,  Patrick  Donahoe,  Esq.,  Wil- 
liam B.  Rogers,  Esq.,  Charles  B.  Goodrich,  Esq.,  James 
Lawrence,  Esq.,  Richard  Frothingham,  Esq.,  Julius 
Rockwell,  Esq.,  Charles  L.  Woodbury,  Esq.,  John  M. 
Forbes,  Esq. 

"  Secretaries,  —  Colonel  F.  L.  Lee,  and  Samuel  Froth- 
ingham, Jr. 

"Honorable  Edward  Everett  then  stepped  upon  the 
platform,  and  spoke  as  follows"  :  — 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE. 


SPEECH  OF  MR.  EVERETT. 

Felloiv-  Citizens  :  —  We  have  come  together  for  the 
grateful  purpose  of  tendering  a  most  cordial  welcome 
to  our  honored  guest,  Colonel  N.  G.  Taylor,  of  East 
Tennessee,  and  the  pleasing  duty  has  devolved  upon 
me  of  introducing  him  to  the  Union-loving  men  of 
Boston,  assembled  in  Faneuil  Hall.  I  bid  him  a  hearty 
welcome  in  your  name.  To  introduce  him,  however,  is 
wholly  superfluous.  Many  of  you  have  already  heard 
him,  and,  as  a  matter  of  course,  you  desire  to  hear  him 
again ;  all  of  you  have  heard  of  him,  and,  as  a  matter 
of  course,  you  wish  to  hear  from  him.  It  is  therefore 
as  unnecessary,  as  it  would  be  unbecoming  in  his  pres- 
ence, to  dwell  upon  his  titles  to  your  respectful  atten- 
tion ;  but  in  addition  to  all  his  personal  claims  upon 
our  sympathy,  you  will  "  hear  him  for  his  cause  ; "  the 
cause,  not  simply  of  the  Union,  to  which  we  are  all 
devoted,  but  of  faithful  Union  men,  who,  from  the 
outbreak  of  the  Rebellion,  have  stood  at  the  post  of 
danger ;  on  whom  the  storm  of  war  first  broke ;  and 
on  whom,  from  that  day  to  this,  it  has  beat  with  its 
wildest  fury.  At  this  distance  from  the  seat  of  war, 
we  hear  only  the  far-off  roar  of  the  tempest ;  but  all 
its  waves  and  billows  have  gone  over  the  devoted 
region,  for  which  our  honored  guest  comes  to  plead. 

And  a  more  interesting  region,  or  one  better  entitled 
to  our  most  active  sympathy,  is  not  to  be  found  within 
the  limits  of  the  United  States.  Forming  a  part  of  the 
noble  State  of  Tennessee,  it  is,  in  many  respects,  a 


j0  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

State  of  itself,  and  not  a  small  one  either.  It  consists 
of  the  broad  valley  of  the  magnificent  river,  which 
traverses  it  from  northeast  to  southwest,  three  hun- 
dred miles  in  length,  and  with  a  varying  width  of 
from  fifty  to  seventy-five  miles,  —  and  of  the  slopes  of 
the  mountains,  which  separate  it  on  the  north  from 
Kentucky,  on  the  southwest  from  Middle  Tennessee, 
and  on  the  southeast  from  North  Carolina  and  Geor- 
gia :  —  a  beautiful  valley,  between  beautiful  enclosing 
hills,  fertile  many  of  them  to  their  summits ;  sparkling 
with  a  hundred  tributaries  to  the  noble  stream  which 
forms  its  principal  feature. 

That  river,  fellow-citizens,  is  in  some  respects  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  on  the  continent.  Its  northern 
affluents  rise  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  but,  as  if  to  read 
a  lesson  of  patriotism  in  the  very  face  of  the  soil,  as  if 
to  prop  the  fabric  of  the  Union  by  the  eternal  but- 
tresses of  the  hills,  instead  of  flowing  to  the  Atlantic 
like  the  other  rivers  of  Virginia,  it  gathers  up  the 
waters  of  its  tributary  streams,  Holston  and  Clinch  and 
French  Broad,  and  connecting  Virginia  and  the  Caro- 
linas  with  East  Tennessee,  flows  southward  down  to  the 
northwestern  corner  of  Georgia.  There,  after  kissing 
the  feet  of  the  glorious  hills  of  Chattanooga,  instead  of 
flowing  to  the  Gulf,  its  seeming  natural  direction,  it 
coquets  with  Northern  Alabama,  breaks  into  the  Mus- 
cle Shoals,  plants  Decatur  at  their  head,  and  Florence 
at  their  feet,  and  then  sweeping  back  to  its  native 
North,  traverses  the  entire  width  of  Tennessee  a  second 
time,  apparently  running  up  hill, —  for  while  it  is  flow- 
ing northward,  the  Mississippi,  parallel  to  it,  and  at  no 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  H 

great  distance,  is  rolling  its  floods  southward,  —  enters 
the  State  of  Kentucky,  and  empties  at  last  into  the 
Ohio,  fifty  miles  above  the  junction  of  that  river  with 
the  Mississippi,  thus  binding  seven  States  in  its  silver 
circuit,  and  connecting  them  all  with  the  great  cen- 
tral basin  of  the  continent.  The  soil  of  Eastern  Ten- 
nessee is  rich,  the  mountains  are  filled  with  coal  and 
almost  every  variety  of  ore ;  their  slopes  bubble  with 
mineral  springs ;  the  climate  is  temperate  and  health- 
ful ;  the  territory  divided  into  farms  of  a  moderate 
size,  for  the  most  part  tilled  by  frugal,  industrious  men, 
who  own  the  soil,  which  yields  them  its  well-earned 
abundance.  In  no  part  of  the  State  are  there  so  few 
slaves ;  in  none  is  there  a  more  substantial  popula- 
tion ;  in  no  part  of  the  South  is  the  slave-interest  so 
feeble.  East  Tennessee  greatly  resembles  the  lower 
ranges  and  fertile  valleys  of  the  Alps,  and  it  has  been 
often  called  the  American  Switzerland.  It  is  divided 
into  thirty  counties,  and  its  population  does  not,  I 
think,  fall  short  of  300,000  souls.  My  friend,  Colonel 
Taylor,  nods  assent. 

But  this  grand  valley,  with  the  hills  that  enclose  it, 
possesses  an  interest  for  us  far  beyond  that  which 
attaches  to  their  geographical  features,  merely  as  such. 
It  is  one  of  the  most  important  links  in  that  chain  of 
valley  and  mountain,  which  traverses  the  entire  North 
American  continent,  from  northeast  to  southwest,  sep- 
arating the  streams  which  flow  into  the  Atlantic  from 
those  which  seek  the  St.  Lawrence,  the  Ohio,  and  the 
Mississippi.  Forcing  its  way  down  into  the  heart  of  the 
region,  whose  alluvial  plains  are  devoted  to  the  culture 


12  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

of  tobacco,  cotton,  rice  and  sugar,  by  slave  labor,  this 
ridge  of  highlands,  with  the  valleys  embosomed  in  them, 
from  the  time  you  leave  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
begins  to  assume  the  highest  political  importance,  in 
reference  to  the  present  stupendous  struggle.  Extend- 
ing to  the  southwest  as  far  as  Northern  Alabama,  this 
noble  mountain  tract,  and  the  valleys  enclosed  in  its 
parallel  and  transverse  ridges,  is,  by  the  character  of 
its  climate,  soil,  and  natural  productions,  the  natural 
ally  of  the  North.  Here,  if  nowhere  else,  we  may  truly 
say,  with  the  German  poet  — 

"  Auf  den  Bergen  ist  Freiheit ;  der  Hauch  der  Griifte 
Steigt  nicht  hinauf,  in  die  reinen  Liifte." 

That  means  — 

On  the  mountains  is  Freedom ;  the  breath  of  the  vales 
Rises  not  up  to  the  pure  mountain  gales. 

Overrun  it  may  be  by  the  armed  forces  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, but  all  the  sympathies  and  attachments  of  this 
region  are  with  the  loyal  States.  While  the  aristoc- 
racy of  the  southeastern  counties  of  that  State  were 
shouting  "  My  Maryland,"  the  farmers  of  the  western 
counties  in  Cumberland  Valley,  shouted  back  "No,  it's 
our  Maryland."  Western  Virginia,  a  portion  of  the 
same  grand  chain  of  mountain  and  valley,  is  as  loyal 
as  Massachusetts.  Then  comes  Western  North  Caro- 
lina, and  still  more  Eastern  Tennessee,  the  home  of 
our  honored  guest,  and  of  as  true  hearted,  loyal,  Union- 
loving  a  population  as  there  is  on  the  continent.  As 
far  down  as  Northern  Alabama  the  mountain  district  is 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  13 

filled  with  Union  sentiment.  It  was  with  the  greatest 
difficulty  that  it  was  engineered  into  secession.  As  to 
East  Tennessee,  when  an  election  was  ordered  by  the 
disloyal  Governor  of  Tennessee  in  that  dark  winter  of 
February,  1861,  to  see  if  the  State  was  willing  to  hold 
a  convention  for  the  purpose  of  seceding,  there  were 
7,500  votes  for  the  convention  and  34,000  (nearly  five 
to  one)  against  it.  This  circumstance,  when  the  treason 
of  the  cotton-growing  States  was  consummated,  marked 
out  East  Tennessee  for  the  peculiar  vengeance  of  the 
leaders  of  the  rebellion. .  I  will  not  anticipate  what  will 
be  so  much  better  stated  by  our  honored  guest ;  it  is 
enough  to  say,  that  in  addition  to  all  the  sufferings  of 
regular  warfare,  the  Union-loving  inhabitants  of  East 
Tennessee  have  been  the  victims  of  lawless  outrages 
and  cruelties,  of  which  the  narrative  curdles  the  blood. 
Leaving  all  further  detail  to  him,  I  will  only  recall  to 
your  recollection  the  letter  of  Mr.  Judah  P.  Benjamin, 
at  that  time  the  rebel  Secretary  of  War,  of  the  25th 
November,  1861.  It  will  be  remembered  that,  at  this 
period  of  the  war,  the  Government  had  been  unable  to 
send  any  aid  to  the  loyal  men  of  East  Tennessee.  It 
was  before  the  glorious  days  of  Grant  at  Chattanooga, 
and  Burnside  at  Knoxville.  Thrown  upon  their  own 
resources,  they  naturally  sought  to  save  themselves 
from  being  overrun,  by  destroying  the  bridges  on  the 
chief  lines  of  communication.  One  would  suppose 
that,  under  the  usurped  rule  of  men,  who  professed  to 
go  to  war  for  self-government  and  State-rights,  the 
people  of  Eastern  Tennessee,  if  for  any  reason  they 
thought  fit  to  do  so,  had  a  right  to  burn  their  own 
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bridges,  without  asking  leave  of  the  rebel  cabal  at 
Richmond.  But  Mr.  Jefferson  Davis,  a  Mississippi 
planter,  and  Mr.  J.  P.  Benjamin,  a  lawyer  of  New  Or- 
leans, thought  otherwise.  They  not  only  denied  the 
right  of  the  farmers  of  East  Tennessee  to  burn  their 
own  bridges,  but  they  undertook  to  outlaw  the  great 
majority  of  the  population  of  that  region,  five  to  one 
faithful  Union  men,  denouncing  them  as  traitors,  be- 
cause they  refused  to  commit  treason.  To  show  you 
how  the  friends  and  neighbors  of  our  honored  guest 
have  been  treated,  let  me  read  you  that  letter  of  the 
New  Orleans  lawyer,  who  was  under  oath  himself  to 
support  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States :  — 

"  WAR  DEPARTMENT,  RICHMOND,  Nov.  25,  1861. 

"  Col.  W.  R  Wood:  Sir, —  Your  report  of  the  20th  instant  is 
received,  and  I  now  proceed  to  give  you  the  desired  instruction  in 
relation  to  the  prisoners  of  war  taken  by  you  among  the  traitors 
of  East  Tennessee. 

"  First.  All  such  as  can  be  identified  in  having  been  engaged  in 
bridge-burning  are  to  be  tried  summarily  by  drum-head  court-martial, 
and,  if  found  guilty,  executed  on  the  spot  by  hanging.  It  would 
be  well  to  leave  their  bodies  hanging  in  the  vicinity  of  the  burned 
bridges. 

"  Second.  All  such  as  have  not  been  so  engaged  are  to  be  treated 
as  prisoners  of  war,  and  sent,  with  an  armed  guard,  to  Tuscaloosa, 
Alabama,  there  to  be  kept  imprisoned  at  the  depot  selected  by  the 
Government  for  prisoners  of  war. 

"  Wherever  you  can  discover  that  arms  are  concentrated  by  these 
traitors,  you  will  send  out  detachments,  search  for  and  seize  the  arms. 
In  no  case  is  one  of  the  men  known  to  have  been  up  in  arms  against 
the  Government  to  be  released  on  any  pledge  or  oath  of  allegiance. 
The  time  for  such  measures  is  past.  They  are  all  to  be  treated  as 
prisoners  of  war,  AND  HELD  IN  JAIL  TILL  THK  END  OF  THE  WAR. 


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Such  as  come  in  voluntarily,  take  the  oath  of  allegiance,  and  surren- 
der their  arras,  are  sure  to  be  treated  with  leniency. 

"  Your  vigilant  execution  oft  these  orders  is  earnestly  urged  by  the 
Government. 

"  Your  obedient  Servant, 

"  J.  P.  BENJAMIN,  Secretary  of  War. 
"  COL.  W.  B.  WOOD,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

"  P.  S.  Judge  Patterson,  [Gov.  Johnson's  son-in-law,]  Colonel 
Pickens,  and  other  ringleaders  of  the  same  class,  must  be  sent  at 
once  to  Tuscaloosa  to  jail  as  prisoners  of  war." 

Such  was  the  atrocious  letter  of  the  rebel  Secretary 
of  War ;  such  the  treatment  to  which  the  Union  men  • 
of  East  Tennessee  have  been  subjected. 

But  I  am  encroaching  on  the  time  that  belongs  to 
our  honored  guest.  I  will  only  add,  fellow-citizens, 
that  our  brethren  of  East  Tennessee  are  fighting  our 
.battles  as  well  as  their  own,  on  their  blood-stained  soil. 
It  is  our  cause  as  much  as  theirs  in  which  they  have 
suffered  the  most  cruel  persecution ;  and  however 
largely,  however  promptly,  your  relief  may  be  ex- 
tended to  them,  it  will  come  too  late,  I  fear,  to  rescue 
some  of  them  from  the  horrors  of  starvation.  This 
must  not  be.  If  the  Union  means  anything,  it  means 
not  merely  political  connection  and  commercial  inter- 
course ;  but  to  bear  each  other's  burdens  and  to  share 
each  other's  sacrifices ;  it  means  active  sympathy  and 
efficient  aid. 

Colonel  Taylor,  on  being  introduced,  was  received 
with  loud  applause  and  hearty  cheers.  He  addressed 
the  assembly  as  follows: — 


16         ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

SPEECH  OF  COLONEL  TAYLOR. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies,  Gentlenfen,  Fellow- Citizens : — It  is 
with  feelings  inexpressible  that  I  appear  before  you  to- 
day. It  is  with  a  gratification  that  I  cannot  find  words 
to  express,  that  I  see  so  many  of  Boston's  fair  daugh- 
ters and  Boston's  brave  men.  I  am  gratified,  sir,  at 
this  assemblage  and  this  presence,  the  more,  when  I  re- 
member that  this  assembly  is  convened,  and  that  I  am 
here  to  address  it,  not  in  my  own  behalf,  but  in  behalf 
of  my  country,  in  behalf  of  my  people  in  the  moun- 
tains of  East  Tennessee ;  and  I  accept  the  presence  of 
this  assemblage,  and  the  compliment  thus  offered,  as  an 
offering  to  my  people  of  East  Tennessee ;  for  which,  in 
their  name,  permit  me,  fellow-citizens,  ladies,  and  gen- 
tlemen, to  return  you  my  grateful  acknowledgments. 

I  regret  that  I  cannot  come  here  to  tell  you  that  we 
of  East  Tennessee  are  happy ;  that  I  cannot  come  here 
and  tell  you  that  our  people  are  now  as  prosperous  as 
they  were  wont  to  be ;  that  in  their  quiet  and  peaceful 
vales  at  the  base  of  their  mountains,  they  are  pursuing 
the  avocations  of  domestic  life,  in  the  enjoyment  of  all 
that  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  guarantees  to 
all  its  citizens.  I  regret  that  I  cannot  tell  you  to-day, 
fellow-citizens  of  Boston,  that  this  is  the  condition  of  my 
country ;  but  it  is  not  my  happiness  to  give  you  this 
sort  of  information.  There  is  one  thing,  however,  that 
it  renders  me  happy  to  be  able  to  tell  you,  and  that  is, 
though  not  blessed  with  the  wealth  that  crowns  you  to- 
day, though  not  blessed  with  the  prosperity  that  smiles 
all  around  upon  your  happy  community,  they  have  a 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  tf 

heart  that  has  ever,  and  still  constantly  and  devotedly 
and  passionately,  in  every  circumstance  and  condition 
and  trial  of  life,  beats  true  to  the  flag  of  our  country 
and  the  Union  of  these  States. 

My  distinguished  friend  who  has  just  addressed  you 
has  rendered  it  unnecessary  for  me,  even  if  I  could>  to 
give  you  a  description,  geographically,  of  the  country 
which  I  represent  before  you  to-day ;  for  he  has  painted 
it  with  the  pencil  of  an  artist,  as  he  is,  in  word-painting, 
unexcelled  within  the  limits  of  our  broad  country.  While 
he  has  drawn  the  outline  of  that  beautiful,  and  lovely, 
and  loyal  land,  he  has  impressed  his  pictures  with  the 
warmth,  and  beauty,  and  patriotism  of  his  own  devoted 
heart.  I  come  to  you  to-day,  fellow-citizens,  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  East  Tennessee,  not  to  talk  to  you  about 
party  politics,  not  to  make  arguments  or  appeals  for 
the  support  or  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  any 
particular  party  or  any  particular  man  in  these  United 
States  ;  for  I  tell  you,  in  all  candor  and  truth,  that  such 
has  been  our  condition,  for  more  than  two  years,  that 
we  have  had  no  party  politics,  as  we  used  to  understand 
them.  It  is  true  we  have  parties  there,  but  there  are 
only  two.  We  once  had  a  Democratic  party,  a  Whig 
party,  an  American  party,  and  an  anti- American  party  ; 
but  these  parties  have  all  been  merged  in  the  great 
questions  that  have  divided  us  for  the  last  four  years, 
—  I  might  say,  for  the  last  eight  years,  and  we  are 
divided  into  only  two  parties :  the  one  known  as  the 
Union  party,  and  the  other  as  the  Secession  or  Rebel 
party ;  and  I  am  glad  to  tell  you  to-day,  as  my  illus- 
trious 'friend  has  told  you  in  advance,  that  when  the 
2* 


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test  was  applied  at  the  ballot-box,  we  stood,  in  the 
thirty  counties  of  East  Tennessee,  as  thirty-four  thou- 
sand to  seven  npon  this  question ;  thirty-four  for  the 
preservation  of  the  Union  of  these  States,  and  seven 
for  the  dissolution  of  this  Government. 

Neither  do  I  come  before  you  to-day,  fellow-citizens, 
as  a  beggar,  although  I  present  myself  somewhat  in 
the  semblance  of  one  ;  nor  do  I  represent  a  begging, 
although  a  beggared  people.  She  whose  people  were 
too  proud  to  bow  the  neck  and  receive  the  yoke  of 
King  Cotton  of  the  South,  is  too  proud  at  heart  to  ask 
alms  at  the  hands  of  her  sisters  of  the  North.  But  I 
come,  as  the  representative  of  a  suffering  and  loyal 
people,  reduced  to  extremity  by  reason  of  their  devo- 
tion to  our  common  country,  to  present  some  plain 
facts  to  the  loyal  people  of  the  North  and  of  the  West, 
that  they  may  have  an  opportunity  for  the  extension 
of  that  benevolence,  which  opens  its  hand  always  to 
the  suffering  and  the  faithful  everywhere. 

It  is  true,  fellow-citizens,  that  many  of  our  kindred 
of  the  South  are  very  angry  with  the  people  of  East 
Tennessee,  and  they  hate  us  with  great  bitterness,  and 
of  late  have  done  us  great  injury.  Yet,  while  the  re- 
membrance of  this  fact  is  a  source  of  great  pain  to  the 
people  of  East  Tennessee,  they  are  consoled  by  the  re- 
flection that  this  animosity  and  hatred  have  been  en- 
gendered by  her  devotion  to  the  union  of  these  States, 
by  her  adherence  to  the  farewell  advice  of  our  glorious 
Washington,  the  Father  of  our  country ;  by  her  persist- 
ent refusal  to  take  part  or  lot  in  any  mad  effort  for 
the  overthrow  of  our  common  Government, — *&  Gov- 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  jg 

ernment  which  has  always  protected  its  citizens,  which 
has  never  infringed  a  solitary  right  of  an  individual  or 
a  State  of  this  Union,  from  its  beginning  down,  and 
which  our  people  believe  it  to  be  their  religious  duty 
to  hand  down,  as  a  priceless  and  inestimable  heritage, 
to  their  children  and  children's  children. 

But,  fellow-citizens,  it  is  not  true  that  East  Tennessee 
has  ever  been  unfaithful  to  the  Southern  people,  either 
in  principle  or  in  fact.  We  believed,  and  we  declared, 
that  the  interests  and  institutions,  the  happiness,  pros- 
perity, and  rights  of  the  people  of  the  South  were  bound 
up  with  and  in  the  Union,  and  that  they  could  never 
be  preserved  outside  of  the  Union.  We  declared  this 
upon  the  rostrum,  and  at  the  hustings,  everywhere,  from 
Carter  to  Shelby,  —  from  the  eastern  limit  of  the  State 
to  its  western  boundary  upon  the  Mississippi  River. 
History  has  been  written,  fellow-citizens,  and  its  immu- 
table verdict  is,  that 'our  judgment  was  right  and  cor- 
rect, and  it  has  demonstrated  that  their's  was  false  and 
fallacious.  Let  the  universal  prosperity  that  swelled 
every  channel  of  our  vitality  —  commercial,  political, 
industrial,  and  social  —  at  the  beginning  of  the  war, 
and  within  the  Union,  attest  this  fact;  and  let  their 
ruined  commerce,  their  paralyzed  industry,  their  bank- 
rupt treasury,  the  dismembered  families,  the  broken- 
hearted widows,  the  orphaned  children,  the  desolated 
homes  and  new-made  grav.es,  without  the  Union,  attest 
the  unutterable  folly  of  those  who  execrated  the  peo- 
ple of  East  Tennessee  because  they  would  not  affiliate 
with  treason.  Could  those  who  made  this  war  be  made 
alone  to  taste  its  bitterness  and  feel  its  woes,  it  had 


20  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

been  well  indeed.  Then  East  Tennessee  would  have 
escaped.  But,  alas !  the  concentrated  fury  of  the  war 
has  rolled  over  her  innocent  bosom,  and  she  is  in  ruins 
to-day,  having  nothing  left  her  but  pride,  poverty,  and 
patriotism.  Her  people  are  the  descendants  of  the 
pioneer  heroes  of  North  Carolina,  Virginia,  Maryland, 
Pennsylvania,  and  New  Jersey,  with  here  and  there 
an  individual  from  other  Northern  and  Southern  States 
of  the  United  States ;  and,  like  their  illustrious  ances- 
try, they  have  never  learned  how  to  prove  false  to  the 
Constitution  and  Union  of  the  country.  The  pioneer 
heroes  of  East  Tennessee  left  their  daughters,  their 
wives  and  their  old  men,  to  defend  their  homes  against 
a  savage  foe,  in  the  great  war  for  Independence,  while 
they  buckled  on  their  armor,  and  struck  upon  the 
sides  of  King's  Mountain,  under  the  lead  of  Shelby 
and  Campbell,  for  our  infant  nationality.  In  the  war 
of  1812,  they  fought  gallantly  on  many  a  battle-field, 
and  triumphed  under  the  immortal  Jackson  at  New 
Orleans.  In  1832-33,  when  Nullification  threatened 
with  the  sword  to  cut  the  gordian  knot  of  our  beloved 
Union,  and  when  the  illustrious  Jackson  appealed  to  the 
Eternal  to  witness  that  the  Federal  Union  must  be  pre- 
served, a  united  Amen  swelled  in  the  hearts  and  broke 
from  the  lips  of  the  people  of  East  Tennessee,  as  from 
the  lips  of  one  man,  and  they  were  ready  to  sacrifice 
their  lives  in  defence  of  the  integrity  of  our  glorious 
Government.  Her  stalwart  son's  were  mingled  in  the 
front  ranks  of  the  Mexican  war,  and  they  poured  out 
their  blood  freely  with  their  fellow-citizens  of  other 
States  at  Vera  Cruz  and  Cerro  Gordo,  at  Monterey  and 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  21 

Buena  Vista,  at  Chepultepec  and  Cherubusco,  and  helped 
to  swell  the  shout  of  victory  as  our  gallant  legions 
inarched  in  triumph  into  the  Grand  Plaza  of  Mexico. 

Thus,  fellow-citizens,  in  peace  and  in  war,  in  the  cab- 
inet and  in  the  field,  at  the  hustings,  at  the  bar,  and  in 
the  Senate,  in  public  assemblies  and  private  circles,  in 
the  homes  of  the  rich  and  the  cabins  of  the  poor,  the 
heart  of  East  Tennessee  beats  time  to  the  music  of 
the  Union.  Witness  the  sad  history  of  the  past  three 
*  years !  This  devotion  is  not  a  mere  sentiment,  it  is  a 
passion ;  nay,  more,  it  is  a  principle  on  fire,  ever  burning, 
never  consumed ;  it  is  a  heritage  of  the  blood,  trans- 
mitted from  sire  to  son,  imbibed  with  mother's  milk; 
stereotyped  upon  the  heart,  and  riveted  in  the  soul. 

The  first  test  of  the  Union  sentiment  of  East  Ten- 
nessee, in  reference  to  the  existing  difficulties,  was  ap- 
plied, as  has  been  remarked  by  my  friend,  the  Chair- 
man of  the  meeting,  in  February,  1861.  The  form  of. 
the  question  then  was,  A  Convention  or  No  Convention, 
and  representatives  or  delegates  to  be  elected  by  the 
people  to  that  Convention,  in  case  it  should  receive  a 
majority  in  its  favor  at  the  pending  election  ?  The 
true  test  in  this  election  was  the  aggregate  majority  of 
those  who  vindicated  the  Union  cause  during  the  con- 
test. The  questions  before  the  people  were  amply  dis- 
cussed from  the  rostrum,  and  when  the  day  for  election 
came,  the  State  of  Tennessee,  casting  a  vote  of  130,000 
or  140,000,  gave  a  solid  majority  of  64,000  opposed 
to  going  out  of  the  Union  of  these  States ;  and  of  that 
number,  fellow-citizens,  East  Tennessee  gave  34,000 
in  favor  of  the  Union,  and  7,000  against  it.  In  June, 


22  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

when  the  question  was  put  in  a  different  form  — 
Representation  or  No  Representation  ?  —  East  Tennes- 
see again  recorded  her  vote,  by  overwhelming  majori- 
ties, against  the  great  treason.  Then  came  persuasions, 
soft  and  sweet,  and  silent  eloquence  dropped  like  the 
dews  of  Hermon  into  the  ears  of  our  people  of  the 
mountains,  and  our  young  men  were  promised  exemp- 
tion from  the  battle-field  if  they  would  only  acquiesce 
and  let  the  storm  roll  on.  Well,  fellow-citizens,  the  Au- 
gust election  came,  and  the  question  was  to  elect  a  Gov- 
ernor, members  of  Congress,  and  representatives  to  the 
State  Legislature.  By  that  time,  the  bristling  bayonets 
of  the  Southern  Confederacy  were  found  all  over  the 
State  of  Tennessee.  Our  great  men  in  the  middle  and 
western  portions  of  the  State  had  felt  the  force  of  the 
storm ;  among  them,  the  man  whom  I  was  proud  to 
follow,  in  1860,  as  the  representative  of  the  Union  sen- 
timent of  our  State,  in  conjunction  with  my  illustrious 
friend  on  my  right  —  I  mean,  fellow-citizens,  John  Bell. 
He,  and  the  Ewings,  Cave  Johnson,  Neal  Brown,  and  a 
host  of  men  whose  hearts  had  been  true  to  the  Union 
until  the  storm  rose,  now  felt  their  knees  smite  to- 
gether and  their  hearts  fail  them,  and  the  fury  of  the 
tempest  swept  them  all  off  into  the  Southern  Confeder- 
acy. Our  boys  in  the  mountains  saw  the  gathering 
storm.  Efforts  were  made  to  keep  us  from  the  ballot- 
box.  We  were  told  —  "The  State  having  now  gone 
out  of  the  Union,  if  you  dare  to  go  and  vote  for  the 
men  who  are  in  favor  of  the  old  Union,  we  will  see 
that  you  are  taken  care  of.  We  have  places  prepared 
for  men  of  your  sentiments,  and  the  first  thing  you 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  23 

know  you  will  find  yourselves  under  the  gallows,  or  in 
the  loathsome  dungeons  of  the  Southern  Confederacy." 
The  storm  came  up,  from  the  west  and  south,  and  the 
east  of  us,  —  dark,  gloomy,  gathering  blackness  with 
every  hour.  We  heard  the  muttering  thunders  in  its 
bosom,  we  saw  the  livid  flashes,  as  they  flashed  upon 
us  in  our  isolated  position.  But,  fellow-citizens,  when 
the  election  came,  when  the  rest  of  the  State  was  fall- 
ing off  and  going  into  treason  and  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy, East  Tennessee,  as  far  as  she  was  concerned, 
elected  her  candidate  for  Governor,  her  representatives 
to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  and  her  represent- 
atives to  the  legislature,  by  overwhelming  majorities. 
It  was  all  sorts  of  an  election.  We  had  candidates  for 
various  offices  in  the  Confederacy,  and  candidates  for 
the  same  offices  in  the  Union ;  and  in  my  District,  the 
candidate  for  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  was 
elected  to  that  Congress,  and  he  was  also  elected  to  the 
Congress  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Then  came,  my  friends,  the  violence  to  individuals ; 
then  came  the  cutting  down  and  shooting  down  of 
Union  flags ;  but  still,  East  Tennessee  breasted  the  storm, 
she  still  held  out  faithful ;  and  by  and  by  the  Confeder- 
ate Congress,  when  the  war  waxed  hot  and  hotter,  passed 
a  conscript  law,  and  every  man  in  the  community,  from 
eighteen  to  thirty-five  years  of  age,  was  enrolled  by 
officers  in  every  neighborhood,  appointed  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  notified  to  rally  at  a  given  time  and  at  a 
given  point,  to  enter  active  service  for  the  defence  of 
the  rebel  cause.  Then  the  exodus,  already  begun, 
swelled  to  hundreds  and  thousands.  Our  young  men 


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had  resolved  that  they  never,  —  no,  never,  —  could  be 
persuaded  pr  charmed  by  blandishments  or  flattery,  or 
forced  by  bayonets,  to  strike  at  the  heart  of  the  mother 
that  bore  them.  No,  fellow-citizens,  but  they  went  to 
their  homes,  kissed  their  mothers'  lips  and  received 
their  blessing;  they  received  the  fond  farewells  of  their 
fathers,  their  sisters,  their  wives  and  their  little  ones, 
and  then  went  forth  exiles  from  their  own  loved  land, 
and  for  no  other  reason  than  that  they  loved  that  land. 
There  was  no  promise  of  premiums  or  bounties  to 
them ;  there  was  no  hope  of  wealth,  happiness,  and 
prosperity  in  the  distance ;  but  they  left  their  homes  in 
the  darkness  of  the  night,  and  ascended  the  rocky 
sides  of  the  mountains,  one  hundred  and  fifty  or  two 
hundred  miles  from  Kentucky,  where  they  hoped  to 
find  relief.  Ragged  and  in  tatters,  with  their  feet  un- 
shod and  bleeding,  they  took  the  pathless  ridges  of  the 
mountains,  in  the  darkness  of  the  night,  aided  by  the 
silvery  rays  of  the  moon  or  the  dimmer  light  of  the 
stars  ;  and,  in  the  daytime,  sought  the  deepest,  darkest 
gorges  of  the  mountains,  that  they  might  find  shelter 
and  rest  until  the  coming  shadows  of  another  night 
enabled  them  again  to  pursue  their  perilous  way,  that 
they  might  find  liberty  and  the  flag  of  their  country, 
under  its  folds  alone  to  fight,  and,  if  need  be,  there 
to  die. 

Regiments,  companies,  and  squads  of  infantry  and 
cavalry  were  now  distributed  over  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  country,  for  the  purpose  of  hunting  down 
and  shooting  the  escaping  conscripts.  Everywhere  they 
went,  fellow-citizens ;  and  as  they  went  they  entered  the 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       25 

houses  of  the  people,  searching  for  arms  and  ammu- 
nition, and  thus  the  people  of  the  whole  county  were 
robbed  of  their  muskets  and  rifles,  and  left  perfectly  de- 
fenceless. Prominent  citizens  were  arrested  now,  by 
armed  bands,  frequently  at  midnight,  in  the  bosom  of 
their  families,  without  notice,  and  carried  before  some 
provost  marshal,  or  some  upstart  official,  tried  before  a 
military  commission,  hastily  got  together,  ex  parte,  with- 
out evidence,  and  with  scarcely  the  semblance  of  a 
charge,  sometimes  with  no  charge  at  all,  and  then  hur- 
ried off  to  the  loathsome  dungeons  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
or  Madison,  Ga.,  or  Richmond,  or  Salisbury,  or  Knox- 
ville,  or  Nashville,  there  to  lie  in  the  midst  of  unutter- 
able filth  and  vermin,  to  pine  away  and  famish  upon 
their  scanty  and  miserable  fare,  and  sometimes  to  die 
in  utter  despair.  I,  myself,  have  known  the  facts  of 
which  I  speak.  Men  as  reputable  as  any  in  East  Ten- 
nessee have  suffered  in  this  way.  I  will  mention  one 
case.  Mr.  Pickens,  (whose  name  is  mentioned  in  the 
letter  of  the  Confederate  Secretary  of  State,  which  has 
been  read  by  my  friend,  the  Chairman,)  had  been  a 
representative  in  the  State  Legislature.  He  was  a  man 
of  heart,  a  man  of  soul,  a  man  of  intelligence,  a  man 
who  was  popular  among  all  our  people,  a  good  citizen, 
and  true  and  loyal  to  his  country ;  but  he  had  been 
ostracized,  and  in  compliance  with  the  order  of  which 
I  find  a  copy  in  the  hands  of  my  friend,  he  was  seized, 
without  charges,  carried  South,  and  in  the  loathsome 
dungeons  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  he  paid  the  forfeit  of  his 
life,  and  became  a  martyr  to  the  glorious  cause  of 
human  liberty  and  the  Union  of  these  States. 


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Sir,  such  instances  are  not  rare  in  our  community. 
The  prisons  of  the  South  have  been  filled  with  the  best 
'men  of  East  Tennessee;  and  it  is  said  by  those  who 
know,  that  not  less  than  five  thousand  —  think  of  it, 
fellow-citizens!  —  not  less  than  five  thousand  of  the 
men  of  East  Tennessee,  because  they  were  true  to  their 
country,  because  they  loved  the  flag  that  emblematized 
all  that  they  held  dearest  on  earth,  because  they  would 
not  bow  the  knee  to  Baal,  nor  receive  upon  their  necks 
the  yoke  of  the  king  of  the  South,  have  been  snatched 
from  their  homes  by  the  hand  of  lawless  power,  and 
borne  away  into  captivity.  The  railroad  bridge  near 
where  I  lived  was  burned,  and  the  parties  charged  with 
burning  it  were  arrested,  tried  by  a  drum-head  court- 
inartial,  according  to  the  order  which  you  have  heard 
read,  and  hung ;  and,  fellow-citizens,  I  speak  the  truth 
when  I  tell  you,  that  at  least  two  of  those  gentlemen 
—  for  they  were  gentlemen,  honorable,  high-minded, 
intelligent,  moral,  upright  citizens  of  the  community  in 
which  they  lived  —  two,  at  least,  I  say,  of  those  who 
were  thus  ignominiously  hung,  and  their  bodies  left 
dangling  in  the  air,  knew  not  that  they  were  sentenced 
until  they  were  brought  within  sight  of  the  gibbet 
upon  which  they  were  to  expiate  with  their  lives  that 
offence  which  they  had  committed  against  the  Southern 
Confederacy,  —  of  being  true  to  their  own  Govern- 
ment! 

Thus  affairs  moved  on,  fellow-citizens,  and  Terror 
planted  her  black  flag  over  all  our  country;  and,  to 
make  the  reign  of  Terror  still  more  fearful,  a  legion  of 
tawny  Indians,  whose  forefathers  had  been  wont,  in 


THE   RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  27 

earlier  times,  to  tomahawk  and  scalp  the  citizens  of 
our  section  of  the  country,  were  brought  from  their 
mountain  regions,  with  their  painted  faces  and  wild, 
unearthly  whoops,  and  put  upon  the  track  of  our  re- 
maining young  men.  But  be  it  ever  remembered,  to 
their  credit,  that  these  poor,  half-civilized  Cherokees 
were  less  savage  on  the  trail  than  their  pale-faced  com- 
panions in  arms  ;  and  the  people  of  my  section  of  coun- 
try, after  the  first  terror  had  subsided,  and  they  found 
the  kindness  of  heart  that  existed  in  the  bosoms  of 
these  people,  preferred  a  thousand  Cherokee  Indians 
among  their  homes  to  one  captain's  company  of  rebel 
Southern  soldiers. 

Several  regiments  of  citizens  had  now  volunteered, 
and  hundreds  more  had  been  compelled  by  coercion 
to  enter  the  rebel  lines,  and  to  serve  in  the  rebel 
army ;  and  about  this  time,  August,  1863,  Jeff.  Davis 
made  another  call,  running  up  to  forty-five  years  of 
age ;  and  at  the  same  time,  Governor  Harris  issued  an 
additional  call,  embracing  all  up  to  fifty-five  years  of 
age  ;  so  you  see  that  all  our  population  from  eighteen 
years  of  age  up  to  fifty-five  were  called  for  by  these 
several  authorities.  But  simultaneously  with  these  calls  • 
came  the  advance  of  General  Burnside's  gallant  and 
glorious  army  across  the  Cumberland  Mountains,  for  the 
redemption  and  relief  of  our  suffering  people.  The 
army  of  General  Bragg  had  been,  just  previous,  com- 
pelled to  evacuate  Chattanooga,  and  thus  General  Rose- 
crans  occupied  that  extremity  of  the  State ;  and  many  of 
our  young  men  at  once  sprung  from  their  hiding-places 
and  their  coverts  in  the  mountains,  and  rallied  to  the 
standard  of  their  country,  under  the  lead  of  these  gal- 


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lant  and  glorious  champions  of  the  Union,  and  our 
mothers,  sisters,  wives,-  and  old  men  were  left  alone 
to  occupy  our  vacant  homes.  To-day,  fellow-citizens, 
more  than  25,000  Tennesseeans  wear  the  uniform  and 
bear  the  arms  of  your  country  and  my  country. 
[Prolonged  and  enthusiastic  applause.]  While  I  would 
not  disparage  any  other  portion  of  these  United  States 
in  its  patriotism  and  devotion  to  country,  I  must  say 
for  my  section,  that  in  the  midst  of  all  the  sufferings 
and  trials,  privations  and  perils  incident  to  every  hour 
of  their  lives,  they  have  furnished  to  the  support  of 
your  Government  and  my  Government  more  men,  in 
proportion  to  their  population  —  more  than  two  to 
one  —  than  any  other  part  of  our  common  country. 

As  General  Burnside,  in  September,  marched  with 
his  conquering  hosts  towards  Upper  Tennessee,  the 
rebel  army  retreated  before  him ;  but  as  they  went, 
thinking,  perhaps,  that  they  were  seeing  the  last  of 
East  Tennessee,  they  seized  upon  the  property,  the 
live  stock,  especially  of  the  Union  farmers,  all  over 
the  country,  where  they  could  find  it,  and  carried 
it  off  with  them.  From  that  moment,  the  work  of 
'devastation  went  on  with  accelerated  momentum. 
Four  times  have  the  Union  and  rebel  armies  trav- 
ersed the  whole  length  of  East  Tennessee,  exhausting 
the  country  all  around  for  current  supplies,  and  at 
every  movement,  widening  the  track  of  ruin  that  they 
left  behind  them.  In  the  track  of  the  armies  came 
robbers,  who  found  convenient  hiding-places  and  ral- 
lying points  in  the  mountains  that  skirt  our  valleys, 
and  came  down  and  claimed  their  share  of  the  prop- 
erty of  our  plundered  people ;  and  thus  it  came  to 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       29 

pass  that  our  barns  and  stables,  our  cribs  and  dwell- 
ings, were  entered  and  robbed,  and  our  people  left 
utterly  destitute.  The  very  wearing  apparel  of  our 
women  and  children  was  seized  by  these  ruffians  and 
carried  out  of  our  houses.  Our  blankets  and  bed- 
clothing,  everything  of  woollen  that  was  calculated  to 
render  the  soldiers  more  comfortable,  was  seized  by 
the  strong  hand,  and  carried  away.  Our  tanneries 
shared  the  same  fate.  They  had  all  been  compelled, 
in  the  reign  of  the  rebels,  to  contribute  sixty  per  cent, 
of  their  leather  to  the  Government  for  the  shoeing  of 
their  soldiers ;  but  now,  when  they  were  retreating 
from  the  State,  they  seized  all  the  leather  in  the  vats 
and  bore  it  away,  leaving  our  old  men  and  women  and 
children  to  meet  the  rigors  of  the  passing  winter  bare- 
footed, as  well  as  almost  naked. 

Believe  me,  fellow-citizens,  East  Tennesse  has  drunk 
the  full  cup  of  suffering,  and  nothing  seems  left  her 
now  but  to  drain  its  bitterness  to  the  very  dregs.  She 
has  sacrificed  everything  but  loyalty  and  honor ;  she 
has  suffered  everything  but  dishonor  and  death ;  and 
now  destitution  and  famine,  followed  by  despair  and 
death,  are  trampling  upon  the  thresholds  of  her  sad 
homes,  are  entering  their  very  doors,  ready  to  con- 
summate the  sacrifice  and  complete  the  suffering.  But, 
thank  God,  throughout  her  sufferings  she  has  been 
faithful.  Persuasions,  threats,  insults,  imprisonments, 
wounds,  stripes,  privations,  chains,  confiscations,  gib- 
bets and  military  murders,  the  clash  of  arms,  the  terri- 
bleness  of  armies  with  banners,  and  all  the  combined 
and  concentrated  horrors  of  internecine  war  marshalled 

3* 


30  ACCOUNT   OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

upon  her  battle-torn  bosom  and  hurling  sorrow  and 
ruin  into  all  her  homes,  have  never  corrupted  her 
loyalty,  nor  driven  her  a  solitary  line  from  her  devo- 
tion to  the  Government  of  her  fathers.  Left  unpro- 
tected, when  she  ought  to  have  been  protected  by  the 
Government  that  she  loved,  interior  and  isolated,  dis- 
armed before  she  could  organize,  she  was  choked  down 
by  tyranny,  under  a  reign  of  terror  black  as  the  night  of 
the  Robesperian  dynasty,  and  her  proud  neck  felt  the 
heel  of  a  despotism  more  relentless  and  crushing  than 
the  power  of  an  autocracy.  Her  loyal  people,  because 
they  could  not  do  otherwise,  suffered  the  infliction  of  a 
bondage  which  their  inmost  hearts  abhorred  —  a  bond- 
age that  fettered  the  soul  and  sealed  the  lips,  and  all 
but  closed  the  door  of  hope.  We  know,  fellow-citizens, 
what  history  means  when  it  tells  us  of  a  "  Reign  of 
Terror."  Such  a  state  of  things  is  only  to  be  felt ;  it 
never  can  be  told.  It  comes  to  me  now,  even  here  on 
the  free  soil  of  Massachusetts,  not  as  a  reality  in  the  re- 
trospect, but  like  the  memory  of  some  horrid  dream, 
to  disturb  and  haunt  me  along  my  pathway  of  life.  God 
grant  that  I  may  never  feel  the  iron  heel  of  such  a 
despotism  in  my  soul  again,  nor  see  it  in  the  bosom 
of  my  fellow-citizens  anywhere  !  We  breathe  but  to 
live  ;  and  live  but  to  pray  —  "  Oh,  Lord,  how  long  ?  " 
But,  thank  God !  the  prayer  of  the  loyalist,  leaping  up 
from  the  heart,  cannot  be  held  by  the  hand  of  the 
oppressor,  and  East  Tennessee,  in  answer  to  our 
prayers,  is  almost  free,  and  the  old  banner  waves  once 
more  triumphantly,  gloriously,  over  our  mountain-girt 
home,  and  there  may  it  float  forever ! 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  3^ 

With  this  history  of  the  people  of  East  Tennessee 
before  you,  fellow-citizens,  it  is  for  you  to  determine 
whether  this  brave  and  patriotic  population  shall  be 
suffered  to  fall  and  perish  in  their  devotion  to  our 
common  country,  by  the  blighting  hand  of  famine,  or 
whether  your  philanthropy  and  benevolence  shall  in- 
terpose to  shield  and  protect  and  guard  and  save  them. 
East  Tennessee,  my  native  East  Tennessee,  has  sacri- 
ficed all  she  had  for  the  country.  Her  horses,  her 
mules,  her  flocks  and  herds,  her  cattle  upon  a  thousand 
hills,  have  all  been  offered  up  ;  her  corn  and  wheat  are 
all  consumed  ;  her  young  men  —  all  who  have  not 
perished  in  the  camp  or  on  the  battle-field  —  are  now 
swelling  the  ranks  of  your  victorious  armies ;  and,  sir, 
our  matrons  and  maidens,  our  old  men  and  little  chil- 
dren, our  soldiers'  widows  and  orphaned  babes,  are  all 
bound  and  upon  the  altar ;  already  the  sacrificial  knife 
is  uplifted  ;  it  trembles  in  the  hand  of  Famine  ;  — may 
God  save  my  people,  and  avert  the  stroke,  in  this  their 
day  of  sorrow  and  trial ! 

While  the  scourges  of  this  cruel  war  have  thus 
blighted  and  blasted,  devastated  and  ruined  East  Ten- 
nessee, the  home  of  the  free,  the  home  of  the  loyal  and 
the  brave,  they  have  scarcely  been  felt  north  of  Mason 
and  Dixon's  line.  On  the  contrary,  a  degree  of  pros- 
perity, such  as  you  have  never  before  experienced,  has 
poured  into  the  lap  of  the  people  of  the  North  and  West 
boundless  wealth.  The  labors  of  your  agriculturists 
have  been  succeeded  by  the  blessings  of  a  gracious 
Providence  ;  your  mechanics  have  received  remunera- 
tive prices  for  all  the  labor  they  could  perform ;  your 


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merchants  have  seen  their  trade  prosper  beyond  all 
parallel ;  your  manufacturers  have  extended  and  en- 
larged their  operations  in  every  branch  of  industry ; 
and  your  mineral  region  is  pouring  forth,  from  the 
bounties  of  the  earth,  uncounted  wealth.  Whether 
you,  fellow -citizens,  will  make  this  vast  increase  of 
wealth  a  source  of  blessing  to  yourselves,  your  chil- 
dren, your  country  and  the  world,  is  a  problem  that  is 
left  for  you  to  solve.  The  desolations  and  ruin  of  this 
unnatural  and  cruel  war  have  opened  a  wide  field  for 
your  philanthropy  and  benevolence.  Will  you  enter 
it  ?  —  will  you  sow  it  ?  —  will  you  cultivate  it  ?  If  so, 
an  abundant  crop  of  blessings  will  fall  upon  your  basket 
and  upon  your  store,  upon  your  homes  and  hearths, 
and,  above  all,  upon  your  hearts. 

When  starving  Ireland  was  weeping  over  her  fam- 
ishing children,  and  as  they  were  drooping  and  dying 
in  the  remorseless  grasp  of  famine,  her  wail  of  woe 
was  heard  across  the  wide  waste  of  waters,  and  Amer- 
ica wept  in  sympathy  with  Ireland ;  but  while  she 
lifted  up,  with  one  hand,  their  dying  heads,  with  the 
other  she  ministered  nourishment  and  life  to  the  per- 
ishing children  of  the  Emerald  Isle.  A  nobler  example 
of  national  magnanimity  and  Christian  charity  can 
scarcely  be  produced  from  the  annals  of  the  world. 
Yet  these  people  were  the  subjects  of  a  foreign  Gov- 
ernment, and  were  strangers  beyond  the  sea.  The  cry 
of  suffering  now  comes  to  the  American  ear  and  falls 
upon  the  American  heart  from  the  famishing  lips  of 
our  own  people ;  and  East  Tennessee,  from  the  summit 
of  her  rock-ribbed  mountains,  with  one  hand  beckons 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  33 

to  her  rich  and  powerful  and  flourishing  sisters  of  the 
North,  and  with  a  bursting  heart  and  tearful  eye  points 
with  the  other  to  the  desolation  that  hangs  like  a  pall 
of  death  over  her  forty  thousand  ruined  homes  in  the 
valleys  below.  Will  those  sisters  prove  again  angels 
of  blessing  and  angels  of  mercy  to  bring  peace  and 
happiness  and  hope  to  those  desolate  homes,  or  will 
they  leave  their  past  munificence  alone  to  illustrate 
and  glorify  their  future  history  ?  That  you,  fellow- 
citizens,  do  sympathize  with  my  people,  and  that  you 
are  ready  to  open  your  hands  for  their  relief,  I  cannot 
doubt ;  and  especially  when  I  remember  that  the  appeal 
of  the  suffering  and  the  sorrowful,  the  afflicted  and  the 
bereaved  of  earth  has  never  been  made  in  vain  to 
your  magnanimous  legislature,  nor  to  your  magnani- 
mous and  benevolent  people.  Sir,  the  question  is 
reduced  to  one  of  life  or  death.  General  Grant,  as  I 
learn  from  General  Robert  Anderson,  wrote  to  him  the 
other  day,  saying  that  there  were  three  alternatives 
for  the  people  of  East  Tennessee :  one  was,  to  be  car- 
ried out  of  their  section  to  where  they  could  find 
something  to  eat ;  another  was,  that  provisions  should 
be  carried  to  them ;  and  the  last  was,  if  neither  of  the 
others  was  adopted,  that  the  people  of  East  Tennessee 
must  perish  in  the  midst  of  their  mountains.  Sir,  I  do 
not  believe  you  intend  that  these  people  shall  perish. 
I  will  not  believe  it  till  I  see  their  bones  bleaching 
among  their  native  hills.  I  believe  you  have  hearts 
that  palpitate  in  unison  with  their  hearts ;  I  believe 
you  have  hands  that  will  open  for  their  relief. 

Sir,  we  must  be  relieved  from  destitution ;  but  that 


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is  not  all  we  must  be  relieved  from.  We  must  be 
relieved  from  the  weight  of  this  crushing  war.  How 
is  that  to  be  accomplished  ?  Somebody  is  to  be  sub- 
jugated. Either  the  traitors  who  have  aimed  at  the 
life  of  this  great  nation  must  be  conquered,  or  the 
remnants  of  the  people  who  have  bared  their  bosoms 
to  the  storm,  who  have  seen  their  homes  made  deso- 
late for  their  love  of  country,  must  feel  again  the  heel 
of  the  traitor  on  their  necks.  Sir,  this  war  must  be 
ended ;  peace  must  come  again ;  we  cannot  live  in 
this  state ;  it  is  abnormal ;  it  is  opposed  to  all  our 
hopes  and  wishes.  We  all  love  peace  and  desire  peace ; 
but  those  traitors  who  would  not  have  peace  at  the 
beginning  are  not  ready  now  to  embrace  peace.  A 
voice  comes  up  from  their  homes,  —  a  voice  comes  up 
from  tens  of  thousands  of  new-made  graves  in  the 
sunny  South,  —  a  voice  comes  up  from  an  ocean  of 
tears,  spreading  over  the  land,  —  a  voice  comes  up 
from  tens  of  thousands  of  acres  of  waving  cotton-fields 
of  the  past,  reminding  them  of  the  blessings  of  peace. 
Their  prosperous  homes,  their  broad  fields,  their  wide- 
spread sails  of  commerce,  their  open  ports,  their  accu- 
mulated wealth,  their  growing  importance  and  gran- 
deur, are  all  so  many  voices  pleading  for  peace  with 
that  people ;  and  yet  they  will  not  hear  of  peace. 
And,  sir,  that  is  not  all.  The  very  God  of  heaven 
says  —  Peace !  Peace  !  Peace  !  But  they  will  not 
hearken ;  they  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice  that 
comes  from  the  tombs  of  their  dead ;  they  will  not 
hearken  to  the  appeal  of  interest,  that  comes  to  .them 
from  every  channel  of  commerce  and  industry  through- 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       35 

out  their  land  ;  they  will  not  hearken  to  the  cry  of  the 
people  that  suffer  here,  nor  to  the  warning  that  comes 
from  abroad,  from  those  who  love  liberty,  and  pray 
for  peace.     They  have  passed  all  this  by,  and  now  I 
tell  you  there  is  only  one  way  to  obtain  peace.     And 
what  is  that  ?     By  crying  peace  to  them  ?  —  by  talk- 
ing moral  suasion  ?  —  No,  sir,  no  !     I  ask  you,  sir,  can 
we  get  peace,  happy,  lovely,  glorious,  lasting  peace,  by 
quibbling   over   questions    of  constitutional   law  and 
talking  about  violated  rights,  and  the  rights  of  traitors, 
if  they  will  come  back  into  this  Union,  while  they  are 
pointing  their  daggers  at  the  very  heart  of  our  nation- 
ality itself?     No,  sir.     The  temple  that  contains  the 
treasures  of  a  nation  and  the  hopes  of  posterity  in  all 
time  to  come  is  blazing ;  the  smoke  is  flying  upward 
as  incense  to  heaven ;  and  what  should  you  think  of 
the  firemen  who  approached  that  temple  to  extinguish 
the  flames,  and  instead  of  sending  the  antagonistic 
element  to  quell  the  fire,  went  to  quarrelling  as  to 
who  should  throw  the  water  first  ?     Sir,  the  ship  is  in 
danger ;  on  her  port  is  Scylla,  on  her  lee  is  Charybdis ; 
behind  her  is  a  reef,  and  breakers  are  before  her ;  the 
storm   is   spending   its   fury   all   around,  and   pirates 
are  on  her  track.     Shall  the  crew  of  that  noble  vessel, 
freighted  with  our  wives  and  children  and  loved  ones, 
freighted  with  our  hopes  for  all  time  to  come,  freighted 
with  the  prospects  of  liberty  and  the  hopes  of  freedom 
of  all  earth's  inhabitants  that  know  or  have  heard  of 
us  —  shall  her  crew,  in  the  midst  of  this  storm,  fall  to 
fighting  as  to  who  shall  next  command  the  ship  ?     Oh, 
is  it  not  the  part  of  patriotism  for  every  man,  in  this 


36  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

dark  hour,  to  come  and  strengthen  the  heart  of  the 
helmsman  to  stand  at  his  post  ?  [Enthusiastic  and 
prolonged  applause.]  And  no  matter  what  questions 
may  separate  and  divide  that  crew,  is  it  not  their  duty 
to  stand  in  the  midst  of  the  storm,  and  say  to  the 
helmsman  —  "  Guide  our  bark  safely  through  !  Here 
we  are,  at  your  back,  and  we  will  stand  by  you  through 
the  storm ! "  [Renewed  applause.]  Sir,  if  we  do  this, 
the  vessel  will  soon  pass  between  Scylla  and  Charybdis, 
she  will  leap  over  the  breakers  and  the  reefs,  and  when 
we  get  out  upon  a  calm  sea,  and  upon  a  prosperous 
voyage,  then,  and  not  until  then,  can  we  settle  the 
questions  that  we  may  choose  to  raise. 

Sir,  I  have  said  that  we  want  peace,  and  must  have 
peace.  But  how  shall  we  get  it  ?  There  is  but  one 
way,  that  I  know  of.  Let  it  gleam  upon  the  bristling 
points  of  fifteen  hundred  thousand  bayonets  [tremen- 
dous and  long-continued  applause]  ;  let  it  blaze  upon 
the  glittering  steel  of  five  hundred  thousand  swords ; 
let  it  leap  from  the  mouths  of  ten  thousand  cannon, 
and  the  echo  of  that  thunder  will  bring  peace  to  every 
home  and  house  and  heart  throughout  the  length  and 
breadth  of  our  reunited  country.  When  the  atmos- 
phere is  damp  and  filled  with  malaria,  and  death  moves 
in  every  breeze,  then,  sir,  what  do  we  want  ?  We 
want  the  keen  flash  of  heaven's  electricity,  we  want 
the  live  thunder,  rolling  from  mountain  top  to  moun- 
tain top ;  and  then  all  is  purified,  all  is  calm,  all  is 
serene  and  healthful  once  more. 

Sir,  I  trust  the  time  is  coming,  and  will  soon  be 
here,  when  this  cruel  war  will  be  over.  I  trust  the 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST   TENNESSEE.  37 

day  is  soon  coming  which  is  to  prove  but  the  dawn  of 
that  prosperity  which  is  in  reservation  for  our  glorious 
country  in  the  near  and  far-off  future,  when,  reunited, 
we  shall  sit  under  our  own  vine  and  fig-tree  every- 
where, and  none  shall  make  us  afraid ;  when  the  voice 
of  the  sentinels  upon  Liberty's  watch-tower,  as  it  is 
uttered  upon  the  coast  of  the  Atlantic,  shall  be  echoed 
all  along  the  line,  until  the  last  man  hears  and  returns 
the  salutation  from  the  shore  of  the  far-off  Pacific. 

Sir,  permit  me,  in  conclusion,  to  say,  in  the  language 
of  the  illustrious  statesman  who  now  sleeps  his  last 
sleep  at  Marshfield,  "  Liberty  and  Union,  one  and 
inseparable,  now  and  forever !  "  [Loud  and  prolonged 
applause,  and  three  hearty  cheers  for  Colonel  Taylor.] 

At  the  conclusion  of  Colonel  Taylor's  remarks, 
George  B.  Upton,  Esq.  offered  the  following  resolu- 
tions, which  were  adopted  unanimously  by  the  meet- 
ing:— 

"Resolved,  That  the  warmest  sympathy  of  all  loyal  and  humane 
Americans  is  due  to  the  suffering  Unionists  of  East  Tennessee,  for 
the  steadfast  fidelity  with  which  they  have  maintained  the  cause  of 
our  common  country  in  the  midst  of  peril  and  distress,  for  the 
spirit  with  which  the  men  have  rallied  to  defenji  the  flag,  for  the 
devotion  with  which  the  women  and  children  have  sacrificed  their 
diminished  resources  to  feed  our  armies. 

"Resolved,  That  patriotism,  sound  policy,  and  humanity  alike  re- 
quire that  the  extreme  need  of  these  our  brethren  and  sisters  should 
be  relieved  from  the  overflowing  abundance  with  which  Providence 
has  blessed  us,  even  in  time  of  civil  war. 

"  Resolved,  That  we  call  upon  our  Legislature  to  make  a  liberal 
gram  in  aid  of  the  loyal  population  of  East  Tennessee,  and  that  it  will 
be  a  matter  of  just  pride  that  the  name  of  our  old  Commonwealth 
shall  head  the  National  subscription,  which  will  carry  hope  and  life 
to  those  noble  men  and  women." 

459978 


38  ACCOUNT   OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Upton  the  officers  of  the  meeting 
were  appointed  a  Committee  to  present  the  subject  of 
the  resolutions  to  the  Legislature. 

Repeated  calls  were  made  for  Governor  Andrew, 
and,  at  the  request  of  the  Governor,  Mr.  Everett  an- 
nounced that  the  state  of  His  Excellency's  health  was 
such  that  he  was  compelled  to  ask  the  meeting  to  ex- 
cuse him  from  making  any  remarks. 

Honorable  Robert  C.  Winthrop  ascended  the  plat- 
form in  response  to  repeated  calls.  He  excused  him- 
self from  speaking  at  length.  He  said  that  from  first 
to  last  in  this  terrible  strife  his  heart  had  been  with 
the  Border  States.  He  had  felt  that  the  Border  States 
had  been  the  hinge  of  the  whole  contest.  With  them 
he  had  been  willing  to  go  wherever  they  led,  and  to 
stop  whenever  they  felt  obliged  to  stop,  whether  upon 
subjects  relating  to  slavery  or  the  Constitution.  He 
had  felt  that  with  them  we  might  save  this  Govern- 
ment, without  them  we  must  inevitably  lose  it.  He 
trusted  that  nothing  would  be  left  undone  for  reliev- 
ing the  sufferings,  and  encouraging  and  rewarding  the 
loyalty,  of  the  people  of  the  Border  States,  and  partic- 
larly  of  East  Tennessee,  whether  by  individual  contri- 
bution or  legislative  appropriation. 

REMARKS  BY  JUDGE   RUSSELL. 

Judge  Russell  being  called  out  by  the  audience, 
spoke  substantially  as  follows  :  —  ^ 

Felkw- Citizens : —  I  hope  "I  dare  do  all  that  may 
become  "  a  very  modest  young  man,  but  I  dare  not 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.        39 

address  an  audience  that  has  been  thrilled  by  elo- 
quence such  as  we  have  heard  to-day.  It  has  seemed 
to  me  that  we  listened,  not  to  Colonel  Taylor's  voice 
alone,  but  to  the  voice  of  Eastern  Tennessee  herself,  — 
her  loyalty,  her  fidelity,  the  courage  of  her  men,  the 
patriotism,  the  suffering,  the  agony  of  her  women  and 
her  children.  Colonel  Taylor  needs  no  indorsement, 
but  we  know  that  he  has  for  every  word  the  full  in- 
dorsement of  the  noble  Burnside.  Let  me  add,  that 
this  testimony  is  confirmed  by  one  of  the  Generals  who 
marched  to  relieve  Burnside.  General  Blair  has  just 
told  me  a  touching  story  of  the  devotion  of  the  women 
who  crowded  to  the  line  of  his  forced  march  to  wel- 
come the  sight  of  our  armies ;  to  wave  the  flags  which 
in  evil  days  they  had  hidden  in  the  secret  recesses 
of  their  homes,  even  as  they  kept  the  love  of  Union 
in  their  hearts  ;  to  bring  the  last  piece  of  bacon,  the 
last  handful  of  meal,  to  feed  the  advancing  soldiers  of 
the  Union  cause.  Often,  he  said,  he  forbade  his  men 
to  take  the  scanty  gifts  of  the  poor.  As  often,  he 
heard  the  reply  :  "  Take  it ;  I  have  a  husband,  a  son 
at  Knoxville  ;  take  it  all  for  the  Union."  These  are 
the  people  for  whom  our  aid  is  sought. 

A  friend  has  just  asked  whether  it  is  in  the  power 
of  the  Legislature  to  make  the  proposed  grant.  I  am 
glad  no  one  doubts  that  it  is  in  their  hearts.  I  know 
nothing  in  our  State  Constitution  which  forbids  an  act 
of  humanity  and  patriotism.  It  is  for  the  "  support 
and  defence  of  Government "  to  guard  the  outposts  in 
Tennessee  ;  it  is  for  the  "  preservation  "  of  the  people 
here  to  preserve  the  loyal  people  there.  Nor  are  prec- 


4Q  ACCOUNT   OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

edents  wanting,  if  precedents  are  needed  for  an  act  of 
generosity  and  of  justice.  Soon  after  the  adoption  of 
our  Constitution,  the  State  passed  a  resolve,  and  incur- 
red expense  to  aid  the  suffering  inhabitants  of  South 
Carolina.  God  hasten  the  day  when  the  relations  of 
South  Carolina  and  Massachusetts  shall  again  be  such 
that  the  cry  of  distress  there  shall  meet  a  ready  answer 
in  our  own  Commonwealth.  We  have  made  a  State 
grant  to  help  build  a  monument  to  Washington,  in  the 
capital.  Can  we  vote  supplies  to  honor  the  memory 
even  of  the  greatest  among  our  deceased  patriots,  and 
is  it  unconstitutional  to  keep  alive  the  families  of  those 
patriots  who  stand  in  arms  for  the  flag  ?  We  have 
helped  to  raise  another  monument  to  the  signers  of 
the  Declaration.  Can  we  do  nothing  to  support  that 
people  whose  position,  whose  very  existence  to-day,  is 
the  proudest  testimonial  to  the  love  of  Union,  and  the 
strongest  assurance  that  the  Union  shall  be  eternal  ?  I 
do  not  fear  the  legal  question.  I  am  only  anxious  that 
what  is  done  shall  be  done  at  once.  Our  friend  has 
spoken  of  America's  gifts  to  Ireland,  gifts  so  well 
repaid  by  the  devotion  of  Ireland's  sons  in  the  day  of 
our  country's  trial.  Let  me  once  more  recall  to  your 
minds  the  words  of  Mr.  Everett,  when  he  pleaded  in 
Fanueil  Hall  for  the  famine-stricken  Irish.  "  Even 
now,"  he  said  in  closing  that  appeal,  "  even  now,  while 
I  have  filled  your  ears  with  empty  words,  some  of  our 
fellow -Christians  have  starved  to  death."  And  now, 
while  we  are  preparing  to  seek  our  comfortable  homes, 
some  of  our  fellow  -  patriots  are  sinking  in  despair. 
"  Want,  like  an  armed  man,"  stalks  among  the  deso- 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  4^ 

lated  homes  of  Eastern  Tennessee.  Famine  hardly 
delays  to  strike,  and  pestilence,  sure  attendant  of  fam- 
ine, glooms  in  the  horizon.  God  help  those  faithful 
hearts ;  and  may  He  so  move  our  hearts  that  our 
hands  may  be  open  and  our  feet  be  swift  to  bear 
deliverance  to  those  of  our  brethren  who  are  almost 
ready  to  perish.  . 

The  following  letter  from  General  Frank  Blair  was 
then  read :  — 

"BOSTON,  February  9,  1864. 

"  Honorable-  J.  Wiley  Edmands  :  Dear  Sir,  —  I  have  received 
your  invitation  to  address  a  meeting  to  be  held  in  behalf  of  the  loyal 
people  of  East  Tennessee,  at  Faneuil  Hall,  on  Wednesday  evening 
next.  I  regret  that  ray  engagements  will  not  permit  me  to  attend. 
It  has  been  my  fortune  recently  to  pass  through  that  country,  and  to 
witness  the  suffering  and  distress  which  have  been  inflicted  upon  that 
people  on  account  of  their  steadfast  and  devoted  loyalty  to  their  coun- 
try. No  people  have  been  more  faithful  and  none  have  had  their 
faith  so  tried.  After  the  battle  of  Chattanooga  I  marched  in  com- 
mand of  the  15th  Army  Corps,  under  General  Sherman,  to  the  relief 
of  Burnside  at  Knoxville.  We  passed  through  a  country  which  had 
already  been  visited  by  both  hostile  armies,  and  pillaged  with  unre- 
lenting cruelty  by  the  rebels  on  account  of  the  loyalty  of  the  people. 
Our  troops  were  without  rations  or  supplies  of  any  kind,  having  been 
ordered  to  give  up  the  pursuit  of  Bragg's  flying  army  and  march  to 
the  relief  of  Knoxville  without  an  opportunity  of  obtaining  anything 
of  the  kind,  and  were  compelled  to  forage  on  the  country.  The  peo- 
ple on  our  approach  came  out  to  meet  us,  bringing  with  them  their 
scant  supplies,  and  freely  offered  them  to  our  soldiers.  They  cheered 
us  with  kind  words,  and  waved  the  old  flag,  which  they  had  cherished 
in  secret,  and  implored  us  to  hasten  to  the  succor  of  their  kindred, 
who  composed  a  part  of  the  garrison  of  Knoxville. 

"  I  trust  that  the  people  of  Massachusetts  will  hearken  to  the 
appeal  of  Colonel  Taylor,  and  that  their  liberality,  so  well  known  and 
so  often  felt  in  the  remotest  quarters  of  our  country,  will  be  stimu- 
4* 


42  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

lated  by  the  remembrance  of  the  kindness  and  devotion  of  the  loyal 
women  of  Tennessee  who  succored  our  toil-worn  soldiers  on  their 
march  to  the  relief  of  their  beleaguered  brothers,  many  of  whom 
were  sons  of  Massachusetts. 

"  I  am,  with  great  respect,  your  obedient  servant, 

«  FRANK  P.  BLAIR." 

The  foregoing  proceedings,  as  has  been  stated,  ap- 
peared in  the  Boston  journals  of  the  next  day,  the  1 1th 
February.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  only  measure 
of  relief  contemplated  by  the  Resolutions  was  an  ap- 
propriation from  the  treasury  of  the  Commonwealth. 
The  Committee  appointed  had  reference  to  that  object, 
and  no  arrangement  was  made  for  individual  subscrip- 
tions, it  having  been  doubtless  considered  that  an  ener- 
getic movement  for  that  purpose  might  be  regarded 
by  members  of  the  two  houses,  as  superseding  the 
necessity  of  legislative  action. 

But  though  no  provision  was  made  for  receiving 
private  subscriptions,  a  chord  had  been  touched  by 
Colonel  Taylor,  which  drew  a  sympathetic  response 
from  the  heart  of  the  community.  On  the  same  day 
on  which  it  was  written  I  received  the  following  letter, 
apparently  in  a  female  hand,  enclosing  three  dollars: — 

"  BOSTON,  11  February,  1864. 

"Dear  Sir :  —  Enclosed  is  a  '  mite  '  which  I  wish  forwarded  with 
the  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands  of  dollars  that  I  hope  will  be 
sent  forward  from  this  goodly  city  of  Boston,  to  alleviate  the  unpar- 
alleled sufferings  of  our  dearly  beloved  countrymen  in  East  Ten- 
nessee. 

"  Such  earnest,  eloquent  pleading  as  comes  to  us  from  our  old 
'  cradle  of  liberty  '  cannot  be  unheeded  by  any  patriot  or  lover  of 
his  race. 

"TEACHER  OF  A  PUBLIC  SCHOOL. 

"MR.  EVERETT." 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  43 

Having  no  other  means  of  acknowledging  this 
anonymous  letter,  I  sent  it'  for  publication,  the  next 
day,  to  the  Editor  of  the  "Daily  Advertiser,"  with  the 
following  note  :  — 

'"  The  accompanying  letter  was  received  by  me  to-day,  with  a  three 
dollar  bill  enclosed.  I  request  its  publication,  not  merely  on  account 
of  the  pure  spirit  of  patriotic  and  Christian  charity  which  it  discloses, 
but  in  the  hope  that  it  may  serve  as  an  example  to  others.  Small  as 
the  sum  is,  I  doubt  not  it  is  large  for  the  means  of  the  giver,  and  it 
will  sustain  the  life  of  one  of  our  starving  brethren  in  East  Tennessee 
for  a  fortnight.  If  a  small  portion  only  of  our  community  would, 
according  to  their  ability,  imitate  this  example,  that  desolated  region 
might  again  become  '  the  happy  valley '  of  the  South." 

On  the  same  day  on  which  this  note  appeared  in  the 
"Daily  Advertiser"  (12th  February),  a  letter  was  ad- 
dressed to  me  by  Mr.  F.  H.  Peabody,  of  the  banking- 
house  of  J.  E.  Thayer  &  Company,  enclosing  a  check 
for  one  hundred  dollars,  which  was  accompanied  by  a 
donation  of  fifty  dollars  from  his  brother,  Lieut.-Colo- 
nel  Peabody.  In  the  hope  of  obtaining  their  consent 
to  mention  their  names,  these  liberal  donations  were 
not  announced  on  the  13th.  To  my  great  regret,  these 
young  gentlemen  insisted  that  their  generous  contri- 
butions should  be  announced  anonymously.  It  is  only 
for  the  purpose  of  this  publication  that  they  have 
yielded  to  my  request  that  their  names  should  now 
be  mentioned.  I  also  received  on  the  12th  an  anony- 
mous line  from  a  "  Boston  Boy,"  enclosing  five  dollars 
as  "  another  mite  for  the  sufferers  in  East  Tennessee." 

The  announcement  of  this  donation  in  the  "Daily 
Advertiser"  of  the  13th  was  accompanied  with  the  fol- 
lowing remarks :  — 


44  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

"  In  making  this  second  announcement,  I  would  express  the  hope 
that  the  movements  of  public  and  private  liberality  will  not  interfere 
with  each  other.  One  friend  has  said  to  me,  with  reference  to  the 
proposed  legislative  appropriation,  that  the  sympathy  of  individuals 
was  the  proper  dependence  in  cases  of  this  kind  ;  while  another 
friend  has  suggested  that  the  aggregate  of  suffering  to  be  relieved  is 
too  vast  for  anything  but  the  public  resources.  This  last  view,  I  fear, 
is  nearer  the  truth,  or  rather  the  suffering  is  so  general  and  so  ex- 
treme, that  after  public  and  private  liberality  have  both  done  their 
best,  much  want  will  remain  hopelessly  unrelieved.  In  addition  to 
the  cruel  outrages  inflicted  upon  the  loyal  people  of  East  Tennessee, 
for  the  two  long  years  that  the  Government  was  unable  to  extend  to 
them  any  military  protection,  —  outrages  of  which  so  shocking  a  pic- 
ture was  presented  by  Colonel  Taylor,  —  this  devoted  region  has  lat- 
terly been  the  battle-field  of  two  large,  hostile  armies,  operating  far 
from  their  chief  base  of  supplies.  It  is  now  utterly  exhausted.  The 
rich,  the  people  in  moderate  circumstances,  and  the  poor  have  been 
brouglut  down  to  one  common  ghastly  level  of  destitution,  and  are  in 
want  of  food  and  clothing.  It  is  plain  that  nothing  but  ample  appro- 
priations from  ihe  large  and  prosperous  States  can  effectually  face 
this  great  amount  of  suffering,  and  that  there  will  still  be  enough  of 
want  left  to  require  all  the  aid  that  can  be  derived  from  private  lib- 
erality." 

On  Monday,  the  15th,  the  donations  of  the  Messrs. 
Peabody  were  announced,  with  an  extract  of  the  letter 
of  Mr.  F.  H.  Peabody,  in  which  he  says,  "  The  behavior 
of  the  people  of  East  Tennessee  is  something  that  every 
American  will  be  proud  of  for  ages  to  come.  Now 
that  Colonel  Taylor  has  told  us  how  to  be  useful  in  the 
matter,  I  believe  the  people  of  Massachusetts  will  give 
very  substantial  proof  of  their  admiration  for  the  most 
splendid  patriotism  of  the  age."  A  donation  of  five 
dollars  from  a  lady  in  Yarmouth  Port,  transmitted  in  a 
letter  of  the  13th,  expressive  of  "  warm  sympathy  for 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  45 

the  suffering  East  Tennesseeans "  was  acknowledged 
also  on  the  15th. 

Such  was  the  commencement  of  the  movement  for 
the  three  days  which  followed  the  meeting  in  Fanueil 
Hall.  I  have  thought  it  a  matter  of  interest  to  narrate 
it  with  some  particularity.  The  daily  record  of  dona- 
tions announced  at  the  time  and  now  reproduced  for 
preservation  will  show  the  steady  and  rapid  growth  of 
the  fund.  Liberal  contributions  steadily  flowed  in, 
anonymously  in  many  cases,  although  at  my  earnest 
request,  publicly  expressed,  and  privately  addressed  to 
donors  when  known  to  me,  they  sometimes  consented 
to  the  mention  of  their  names.  Letters  of  approval 
and  encouragement  were  also  addressed  to  me  by  per- 
sons of  influence.  Among  the  earliest  of  these  (15th 
February)  was  C.  P.  Curtis,  Esq.,  who  accompanied  his 
liberal  donation  with  the  request  that  it  should  "  be 
remitted  to  the  cruelly  used  people  of  East  Tennessee." 
On  the  same  day,  W.  H.  Gardiner,  Esq.,  addressed  a 
lettef  to  me,  in  which  he  remarked  that  "  of*  the 
almost  innumerable  calls  for  aid  caused  by  this  griev- 
ous war,  I  know  none,  after  the  care  of  our  own  sol- 
diers, so  unexceptionable  or  making  so  strong  an 
appeal  to  all  who  have  anything  to  give,  as  that  of 
the  loyal  Tennesseeans.  Yet  we  are  moving  very 
slowly.  Private  citizens  seem  to  be  waiting  for  some 
action  of  the  Legislature.  The  Legislature  seems  to 
be  waiting  to  know  how  the  people  would  like  to  see 
their  money  given  away ;  but  while  we  ponder,  East 
Tennessee  starves."  This  letter  enclosed  the  generous 
donation  of  two  hundred  dollars. 


46  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

Thus  far,  I  had  acted  wholly  as  a  volunteer  in  re- 
ceiving and  announcing  donations,  but  evidently  the 
time  had  arrived  for  some  organized  movement.  A 
meeting  was  accordingly  held  at  my  house  on  the  17th 
of  February  of  the  gentlemen  named  as  officers  of  the 
assembly  of  the  10th,  in  Fanueil  Hall,  and  of  a  few 
others  who  had  been  actively  engaged  in  getting  up 
that  meeting.  The  members  of  the  Legislature  pres- 
ent at  this  meeting  represented  that  the  best  feeling 
with  respect  to  the  suffering  East  Tennesseeans  pre- 
vailed at  the  State-House,  and  that  the  chief  difficulty 
in  the  way  of  the  grant  was  the  doubt  entertained  by 
many  members  of  the  constitutional  right  of  the  Legis- 
lature to  make  such  an  appropriation.  To  aid  in  the 
removal  of  this  doubt  a  memorial  affirming  the  consti- 
tutional power,  drawn  up  by  Hon.  C.  G.  Loring,  and 
subscribed  by  Judge  Curtis  and  other  eminent  jurists, 
was  signed  by  the  persons  present  at  the  meeting  and 
ordered  to  be  presented  to  the  two  houses.  A  Com- 
mittee was  also  appointed,  consisting  of  Mr.  EdVard 
Everett,  Hon.  R  C.  Winthrop,  J.  Wiley  Edmands,  Esq., 
Hon.  Judge  Russell,  and  Patrick  Donahoe,  Esq.,  to  con- 
sider and  report  a  plan  of  proceedings  in  order  to  a 
general  subscription.  In  the  mean  time  it  was  deemed 
expedient  to  suspend  the  daily  announcement  of  dona- 
tions which  had  hitherto  been  made  in  the  columns  of 
the  "  Boston  Daily  Advertiser."  No  further  announce- 
ments were  accordingly  made  for  some  days. 

It  was  soon  apparent  that  this  withdrawal  of  the 
subject  from  the  public  eye  would  operate  unfavorably 
upon  the  progress  of  the  fund,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  47 

Sub-Committee  on  the  20th,  it  was  voted  to  recom- 
mence the  daily  announcements,  which  from  this  time 
forward  were  continued  without  intermission.  But  the 
question  of  legislative  aid  being  still  undecided,  it  was 
deemed  expedient  to  postpone  for  the  present  a  for- 
mal appeal  to  the  public. 

An  inspection  of  the  record  of  donations  for  the 
second  week  will  show  with  what  strength  the  tide  of 
sympathy  and  munificence  was  rising.  It  would  be 
obviously  improper  to  continue  to  single  out  individual 
cases  from  the  roll  of  beneficence,  but  I  cannot  forbear 
to  allude  to  the  donation  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars from  the  late  venerable  Mrs.  Pratt,  then  in  the 
ninety-seventh  year  of  her  age,  and  the  liberal  contri- 
bution of  Dr.  James  Jackson,  who  gave  to  the  fund,  at 
this  early  stage,  the  sanction  of  his  revered  name.  Mr. 
William  Gray's  munificent  donation  of  five  hundred  dol- 
lars was  accompanied  with  a  promise  of  another  of  the 
same  amount  if  the  legislative  grant  should  fail. 

On  the  25th,  a  letter  was  received  from  Mr.  Speaker 
Bullock,  enclosing  the  generous  donation  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  announcing  the  failure  of  the  proposed 
legislative  appropriation  in  the  following  terms  :  — 

"  COMMONWEALTH  OP  MASSACHUSETTS,  ) 
HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES, 

Boston,  25th  Feb.   1864.  ) 

"  My  Dear  Sir :  —  You  have  already  been  apprised  of  the  action  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  upon  the  Resolves  relating  to  East 
Tennessee.  I  desire  that  you  and  all  our  fellow-citizens  should  justly 
appreciate  the  motives  which  have  controlled  the  vote  of  members  in 
refusing  the  appropriation  of  $100,000.  It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that 
they  are  insensible  to  the  sufferings  of  the  people  of  Tennessee,  nor 


48  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

that  they  have  forgotten  the  pathetic  appeal  of  Colonel  Taylor,  so 
fully  sustained  by  the  simple  and  unadorned  statement  of  General 
Burnside.  But,  speaking  as  an  impartial  witness  of  the  discussion,  I 
may  properly  say  that  the  members  of  the  House  have  undoubtedly 
acted  under  the  influence  of  grave  doubts  as  to  the  constitutional  pro- 
priety of  making  the  appropriation  from  the  State  Treasury. 

"  I  take  it  for  granted  that  this  action  of  the  House  will  render 
instantly  imperative  the  private  contributions  of  our  people.  I  ac- 
cordingly inclose  to  you  my  own." 

*  *  *  * 

The  failure  of  the  legislative  appropriation  gave  a 
new  impulse  to  the  individual  subscriptions.  On  Sat- 
urday, the  27th  of  February,  they  exceeded  $2,100, 
and  on  Monday,  the  29th,  donations  to  the  amount  of 
more  than  $4,000  were  announced.  Among  them 
was  the  munificent  sum  of  $1,000  contributed  by  a 
unanimous  vote  of  the  Boston  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board. 

The  contributions  thus  far  had  been  received  princi- 
pally, though  not  exclusively,  from  Boston  and  the 
immediate  vicinity.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Sub-Commit- 
tee on  the  29th  of  February,  it  was  ordered  that  the 
Chairman  be  requested  to  prepare  the  draft  of  an  ad- 
dress to  the  citizens  at  large,  to  be  submitted  to  the 
General  Committee.  Accordingly,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
General  Committee  on  the  2d  of  March,  a  draft  of  an 
address  was  reported  by  the  Chairman,  which,  with 
amendments  was  accepted,  as  follows.  It  was  thought 
to  indicate  the  only  organization  for  the  collection  of 
subscriptions  which  was  necessary,  under  the  favorable 
predisposition  of  the  public. 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  49 

TO  THE   PEOPLE  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

"  THE  undersigned  were  appointed  a  Committee  of  the  citizens  of 
Boston,  assembled  in  Faneuil  Hall  on  the  10th  of  February,  to  pre- 
sent the  subject  of  the  destitution  of  our  loyal  brethren  in  East  Ten- 
nessee to  the  consideration  of  the  Legislature.  In  the  discharge  of 
this  duty,  the  Resolutions  adopted  by  that  meeting,  with  enthusiasm 
and  unanimity,  were  respectfully  transmitted  by  the  undersigned  to 
the  House  of  Representatives.  But  the  wide-spread  interest  which 
has  been  manifested  in  the  subject,  by  the  community  at  large,  and 
the  evident  demand  for  some  more  organized  and  concerted  action 
than  has  yet  taken  place,  have  led  the  Committee  to  think  they  shall 
render  an  acceptable  service  by  addressing  themselves  directly  to  the 
people.  « 

"  In  doing  this,  however,  they  deem  it  wholly  unnecessary  to  do 
more  than  ask  the  attention  of  their  fellow-citizens,  throughout  the 
Commonwealth,  to  the  statements  and  appeals  which  have  been  made 
with  such  resistless  power  by  Colonel  N.  G.  Taylor  of  East  Tennes- 
see. Those  who  have  had  the  privilege  of  knowing  and  hearing  him, 
will  need  no  voucher  for  his  character ;  to  others  it  may  not  be  super- 
fluous to  say,  that  he  is  fortified  with  credentials  from  Governor  John- 
son of  Tennessee  and  from  the  President  of  the  United  States.  Any 
attempt  to  add  force  to  his  accounts  of  the  distressed  condition  of  his 
fellow-citizens  would  be  unavailing.  The  Committee  desire  only  in 
this  Address  to  suggest  to  their  fellow-citizens  convenient  methods  of 
giving  effect  to  that  warm  interest,  which  they  rejoice  to  believe  has 
been  so  universally  excited  in  behalf  of  these  noble  sufferers. 

"  They  would  respectfully  propose,  therefore,  that  the  municipal 
authorities  of  the  several  cities  and  towqs  of  the  Commonwealth 
should  regard  themselves  as  committees  to  receive  donations  from 
their  fellow-citizens  ;  that  the  churches  throughout  the  State,  where 
no  particular  reasons  exist  to  the  contrary,  should  take  up  special 
collections  for  this  purpose  ;  and  that  corporate  bodies,  whose  charters 
allow  it  to  be  done  and  whose  means  admit,  should  also  contribute  to 
the  relief  of  our  destitute  brethren. 

"  Whatever  sums  may  be  thus  raised  may  be  remitted  to  the  Chair- 
5 


50  ACCOUNT  OF  THE   FUND  FOR 

man  of  this  Committee,  and  will,  with  the  large  amount  already 
received,  be  applied  under  the  direction  of  the  Committee,  in  the 
most  prompt  and  efficient  manner.  Contributions  will  also  be  most 
willingly  received  by  the  Chairman  of  this  Committee  from  liberal 
minded  individuals,  who  may  wish  to  take  part  in  this  most  meritori- 
ous and  patriotic  work,  in  places  where  no  local  committee  is  organ- 
ized, or  who  may  for  any  reason  prefer  to  address  themselves  to  him. 

"  The  Committee  trust  that  it  will  not  be  thought  obtrusive,  in  a 
case  of  this  kind,  if  they  look  beyond  the  limits  of  Massachusetts,  and 
respectfully  invite*  the  cooperation  of  the  liberal  and  patriotic  men 
and  women  of  the  other  New  England  States,  either  as  individuals 
or  through  local  committees.  Their  contributions,  in  either  case,  will 
be  most  willingly  received  and  promptly  acknowledged  by  this  Com- 
mittee. 

"  The  undersigned  are  happy  to  state,  that,  on  the  application  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Association  for  the 
relief  of  East  Tennessee,  the  Secretary  of  "War  has  promised  that  the 
supplies,  which  may  be  forwarded  to  Nashville,  shall  be  transported 
to  East  Tennessee  by  the  Government  trains,  and  that  General  Grant 
shall  be  instructed  to  furnish  all  possible  facilities  for  their  safe  con- 
veyance. Articles  of  food  can  be  most  readily  obtained  in  the  West- 
ern markets  ;  clothing  and  shoes  can  probably  be  procured  to  greater 
advantage  in  this  vicinity.  Donations  of  these  last-named  articles 
will  be  most  gratefully  received,  and  will  be  forwarded  to  their  desti- 
nation by  Mr.  Samuel  Hall,  Jr.,  8  Central  Wharf,  Boston.  In  the 
expenditure  of  the  fund  committed  to  them,  the  undersigned  pledge 
their  best  exertions,  that  it  shall  be  applied  with  the  utmost  possible 
economy,  promptness,  and  efficiency. 

"  In  pleading  the  claims  of  a  class  of  our  fellow-citizens  who  have 
suffered  so  long  and  so  cruelly,  whose  patriotism  has  been  so  nobly 
manifested  under  the  greatest  hardships  and  discouragements,  and 
whose  destitution  is  now  so  extreme,  the  Committee  deem  it  scarcely 
becoming  to  allude  to  motives  of  expediency.  But  when  expediency 
runs  in  the  same  channel  as  patriotism,  humanity,  and  conscience,  it 
may  honestly  be  appealed  to.  It  may  not,  therefore,  be  improper  to 
state,  that  in  all  the  field  of  military  operations,  there  is  not  a  spot  of 
greater  interest  and  importance  than  East  Tennessee.  As  the  con- 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.        5} 

trol  of  the  Mississippi  divides  the  States  in  rebellion  East  and  "West, 
so  the  restoration  of  East  Tennessee  to  its  loyal  inhabitants  severs 
one  of  the  two  remaining  lines  of  communication  between  the  North 
and  the  South  of  the  States  confederated  in  this  gigantic  treason. 
There  is  accordingly  no  object  of  greater  importance  than  to  maintain 
this  district,  which  will  in  all  probability  be  one  of  the  great  battle- 
grounds of  the  approaching  campaign.  It  hardly  need  be  stated  that 
this  circumstance  will  of  necessity  complete  the  exhaustion  of  the  ter- 
ritory, and  reduce,  if  possible,  to  a  still  lower  depth,  the  destitution  of 
the  entire  non-combatant  population. 

"  The  Committee  will  only  remark  in  conclusion,  that  the  case  now 
presented  to  the  public  sympathy  seems  to  them  to  stand  alone,  in 
the  strength  of  its  appeal  to  our  patriotic  liberality.  A  loyal  people, 
equal  in  numbers  to  the  entire  free  population  of  South  Carolina, 
nobly  adhering  to  the  Union  by  a  majority  of  five  to  one,  when  South 
Carolina  took  the  lead  in  a  treasonable  war  against  it ;  selected  for 
this  reason  as  an  object  of  vindictive  hostility  ;  the  vast  majority  of 
her  citizens  denounced  by  a  military  Cabal  at  Richmond  as  traitors, 
because  they  refused  to  commit  treason ;  her  prominent  citizens  too 
old  for  military  duty  hurried  off  to  perish  in  the  prisons  of  the  Gulf 
States  ;  her  young  men  forced  into  the  rebel  army  ;  Union  men,  active 
in  opposition  to  the  tyrants  who  pretend  to  wage  war  for  self-govern- 
ment and  State  rights  while  trampling  on  both,  cruelly  scourged  and 
in  some  instances  shot  and  hung  in  the  sight  of  their  families,  their 
property  given  up  to  waste  and  plunder,  their  old  men,  women,  and 
children  reduced  to  want,  —  these  are  some  of  the  titles  of  the  loyal 
people  of  East  Tennessee  to  our  sympathy.  And  when  we  add  that 
a  great  majority  of  the  young  men,  who  during  two  and  a  half  years 
that  their  territory  was  occupied  by  the  Confederate  forces  have  been 
able  to  escape  conscription  into  the  rebel  army,  are  now  battling  for 
the  Union,  the  Committee  feel  that  they  present  a  case  hardly  to  be 
paralleled  in  the  annals  of  patriotism.  They  are  confident  that  in  a 
community  like  this,  the  aged  parents,  the  wives,  the  sisters  of  breth- 
ren who,  under  circumstances  like  these,  are  sealing  their  fidelity  to 
'  the  Union  with  their  blood,  will  not  be  allowed  to  perish  from  want. 

"  EDWARD  EVERETT,  JOHN  A.  ANDREW,  FREDERIC  W.  LINCOLN, 
Jr.,  J.  E.  FIELD,  A.  H.  BULLOCK,  ROBERT  C.  WINTHROP,  CHARLES 


52  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOK 

G.  LORING,  WILLIAM  CLAFLIN,  PATRICK  DONAHOE,  W.  B.  ROG- 
ERS, CHARLES  B.  GOODRICH,  JAMES  LAWRENCE,  RICHARD  FROTH- 
INGHAM,  JOHN  M.  FORBES,  THOMAS  RUSSELL,  A.  A.  LAWRENCE, 
J.  WILEY  EDMANDS,  J.  Z.  GOODRICH,  F.  L.  LEE,  SAMUEL  FROTH- 
INGHAM. 

"  Boston,  March  2,  1864. 

"  P.  S.     The  Press  throughout  the  Commonwealth  is  respectfully 
requested  to  give  insertion  to  the  foregoing  Address." 

When  the  Sub-Committee  held  their  meeting  on  the 
last  day  of  February,  the  fund  exceeded  $19,000, 
which  had  been  contributed  spontaneously  and  with- 
out solicitation,  in  the  seventeen  days  which  had 
elapsed  from  the  announcement  of  "the  Teacher's" 
modest  donation.  Steps  had  been  taken,  at  the  out- 
set, to  ascertain  the  most  direct  channel  for  the  con- 
veyance of  supplies  to  East  Tennessee.  In  order  to 
make  a  portion  of  the  fund  as  promptly  available  as 
possible,  the  Sub-Committee,  having  been  clothed  with 
full  powers  as  an  Executive  Committee,  determined  on 
the  2d  of  March  to  remit  $10,000  to  Lloyd  P.  Smith, 
Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  who,  in  conjunction  with  Fred- 
eric Collins,  Esq.  was  about  to  repair  to  Knoxville  in 
person,  on  behalf  of  the  Pennsylvania  Association  for 
the  Relief  of  East  Tennessee.  These  gentlemen  readily 
took  charge  of  this  sum,  and  it  was  joined  with  the 
funds  of  the  Pennsylvania  Association,  in  the  purchase 
of  large  supplies  of  food  at  Cincinnati.  These  supplies 
were  'as  promptly  conveyed  to  Knoxville,  as  the  means 
of  transportation  at  Nashville  allowed,  almost  the  en- , 
tire  force  of  the  railroad  being  required  by  General 
Sherman's  army,  then  on  the  advance  into  Georgia. 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  53 

A  very  interesting  report  of  the  visit  of  Messrs.  Smith 
and  Collins  to  Knoxville  has  been  published  by  those 
gentlemen,  and  they  are  entitled  to  the  cordial  thanks 
of  the  contributors  in  this  part  of  the  country,  for  their 
fidelity  and  good  judgment,  in  the  application  of  the 
funds  remitted  from  Boston.  ,%  , 

From  this  time  forward  the  fund  advanced  with  per- 
haps unexampled  rapidity.  The  sum  announced  on 
the  3d  of  March  amounted  to  $6,349,  which  was  the 
largest  sum  in  any  one  day.  The  sum  of  $4,829  was 
reported  on  the  4th ;  of  $3,456  on  the  5th ;  of  $5,024 
on  the  7th ;  and  of  $3,120  on  the  8th,  which  included 
the  donation  of  $1,000  from  the  officers  and  men  of 
the  44th  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers.  This 
handsome  donation  was  accompanied  with  the  follow- 
ing letter :  — 

"BOSTON,  March  5,  1864. 

"  Hon.  Edward  Everett  :  Dear  Sir,  —  Through  the  liberality  of 
their  fellow-citizens,  the  Regiment  which  I  have  the  honor  to  com- 
mand, received  a  Regimental  Fund  of  $5,000.  A  portion  of  this 
money  has  been  applied  to  the  use  of  the  Regiment,  —  a  portion  I 
retain  for  further  need  of  the  Regiment.  Upon  consultation  with 
William  Gray,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  the  fund,  and  with  my  field- 
officers,  and  feeling  sure  that  it  will  meet  the  approval  of  the  orig- 
inal donors,  I  have  decided  to  devote  $1,000  to  the  relief  of  the 
suffering  loyalists  of  East  Tennessee,  which  please  accept  in  behalf 
of  the  men  and  officers  of  the  44th  Regiment  M.  V.  M. 
"  I  am,  Sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"  FRANCIS  L.  LEE,  Col.  44th  Regt.  M.  V,  M." 

The  contributions  announced  on  the  9th  of  March 
amounted  to  $6,220,  in  which  was  included  the  sum  of 

5* 


54  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

$4,773  collected  in  Franklin  Street  and  its  vicinity  by 
the  active  exertions  of  George  H.  Brainan,  Esq.  In  a 
supplement  to  the  "Boston Daily  Advertiser"  of  the  9th 
of  March,  a  complete  list  was  given  of  all  the  donations 
up  to  the  8th,  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  $52,120 
received  in  less  than  a  month  from  the  date  of  the 
meeting  in  Faneuil  Hall. 

On  the  5th  of  March,  Messrs.  J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch, 
Hon.  A.  A.  Lawrence,  and  Samuel  Hall,  Jr.,  Esq.,  were 
added  to  the  Executive  Committee.  Mr.  Hall  kindly 
took  charge  of  the  contributions  of  ready-made  cloth- 
ing, &c.  and  forwarded  them  from  time  to  time  to  their 
destination.  His  reports  will  be  given  in  the  sequel 
and  will  show  how  much  the  cause  is  indebted  to  him 
for  his  laborious  and  gratuitous  services. 

It  having  been  intimated  by  Mrs.  George  Ticknor, 
President  of  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,  that  the  ladies  of 
that  association  would  cheerfully  make  up  into  articles 
of  wearing  apparel  such  materials  as  the  Committee 
would  furnish  for  that  purpose,  it  was  voted  on  the 
10th  of  March  to  place  the  sum  of  $2,000  at  her  dis- 
posal, to  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  materials.  In 
this  way,  the  sum  appropriated  t  was,  by  the  generous 
cooperation  of  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,  rendered 
nearly  twice  as  efficient  as  it  would  otherwise  have 
been.  The  articles  of  clothing  made  up  were  forwarded 
from  time  to  time  by  Mr.  Hall.  The  extent  of  the 
labo&  bestowed  by  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  may  be 
seen  hi  the  following  report  of  its  results :  — 

"  Dear  Mr.  Everett :  —  It  is  due  to  you,  to  the  gentlemen  who 
consented  to  intrust  us  with  $2,000,  and  to  us  who  received  the  trust, 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.        55 

that  some  report  should  be  made  of  the  mode  in  which  we  have  used 
the  money  given  for  the  benefit  of  sufferers  in  Tennessee.  We  have 
used  it  as  discreetly  and  carefully  as  we  could ;  —  we  sent  last  Mon- 
day our  ninth  package  to  Mr.  Hall,  the  agent  you  designated,  and 
that  exhausted  the  last  dollar  of  our  fund. 

"  The  schedule  of  the  packages  is  as  follows :  — 

Whole  number  of  articles  sent 2,921 

Whole  number  procured  by  $2,000 2,579 

Donations,  and  socks  knit  from  the  yarn  sent  by  Mr.  Edmands       342 

2,921 
Of  this  number  there  were  :  — 

For  women  and  children 1,875 

For  men  and  boys 1,046 

"  It  has  been  a  very  interesting  occupation,  and  we  wish  we  could 
do  more  for  those  who  suffer  so  terribly  and  so  faithfully. 

"  Hoping  you  will  think  that  we  have  fulfilled  our  stewardship  suit- 
ably, we  are  very  truly  yours, 

"  ANNA  TICKNOR, 

"Park  Street,  June  8,  1864."  "  ISA  E.  LORING." 

I  subjoin  a  letter  from  Kev.  Dr.  Humes,  Chairman  of 
the  Knoxville  East  Tennessee  Relief  Association,  con- 
taining a  copy  of  a  vote  of  thanks  adopted  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee,  on  the  receipt  of 
the  foregoing  report. 

"  KNOXVILLE,  Tenn.,  June  22,  1864. 

"  Dear  Sir :  —  At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  East  Tennessee  Relief  Association,  held  to-day,  it  was  unani- 
mously 

" '  Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  be  instructed  to  tender  the  thanks 
of  this  Society  to  Mrs.  Ticknor  and  Miss  Loring,  and  to  the  Ladies  of 
the  Sewing  Circle  of  Boston,  whom  they  represent,  for  their  kind 
sympathy  and  benevolent  labors,  on  behalf  of  the  destitute  and  suffer- 
ing people  of  East  Tennessee ;  and  that  this  insufficient  tribute  to 
their  active  patriotism  and  friendship  be  placed  upon  the  records  of 
the  Committee,  in  token,  not  only  of  gratitude,  but  also  of  our  desire 


56  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

that  the  memory  of  their  names  and  good  deeds  be  cherished  and  per- 
petuated in  our  mountain  homes,  long  after  the  garments,  with  which 
they  have  clothed  their  needy  countrymen,  shall  have  perished.' 

"  I  need  scarcely  say  that  it  gives  me  peculiar  pleasure  to  comply 
with  the  directions  of  the  Committee,  and  to  communicate,  as  I  beg 
leave  to  do  through  you,  to  Mrs.  Ticknor  and  Miss  Loring,  a  copy  of 
the  above  resolution  of  thanks. 

"  With  the  assurance  of  my  strong  and  sincere  appreciation  of  their 
practical  good  will,  I  am, 

"  Yours  truly  and  respectfully, 

"  THOMAS  W.  HUMES, 
"  Chairman  Ex.  Com.  E.  T.  R.  A." 


In  thus  placing  on  record  the  active  cooperation  of 
the  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,  I  cannot  forbear  adverting 
to  the  large  share  borne  generally  by  the  patriotic 
women  of  the  community  in  this  meritorious  work. 
An  inspection  of  the  list  of  donations  will  show  them 
to  have  been  among  the  earliest  and  most  liberal  con- 
tributors ;  and  I  am  well  persuaded  that  their  active 
sympathy,  felt  in  every  form  of  domestic  influence, 
has  been  one  of  the  most  efficient  causes  of  the  success 
of  the  efforts  for  the  relief  of  our  suffering  brethren  in 
East  Tennessee.  There  were  incidents  and  circum- 
stances of  the  war,  as  it  bore  upon  the  women  of  that 
devoted  region,  well  calculated  to  touch  the  hearts  of 
their  sisters  in  the  loyal  States.  .  Husbands,  brothers, 
and  sons  were  often  torn  from  their  homes,  thrown 
into  prison,  forced  into  the  army,  in  some  cases  shot 
or  hung  in  sight  of  their  families.  The  following 
touching  occurrence  of  a  different  character  was 
vouched  for  by  Colonel  Taylor,  as  within  his  own 
knowledge. 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       57 

"  INCIDENT  OP  THE  WAR.  —  After  the  battle  at  Bean  'Station, 
East  Tennessee,  the  rebels  were  guilty  of  all  manner  of  indignity 
toward  the  slain.  They  stripped  their  bodies,  and  shot  all  persons 
who  came  near  the  battle-field  to  show  any  attention  to  the  dead. 
The  body  of  a  little  drummer-boy  was  left  naked  and  exposed.  Near 
by,  in  an  humble  house,  there  were  two  young  girls,  the  eldest  but  six- 
teen, who  resolved  to  give  the  body  a  decent  burial.  They  took  the 
night  for  their  task.  With  hammer  and  nails  in  hand,  and  boards  on 
their  shoulders,  they  sought  the  place  where  the  body  of  the  dead 
drummer-boy  lay.  From  their  own  scanty  wardrobe,  they  clothed 
the  body  for  the  grave.  With  their  own  hands  they  made  a  rude 
coffin,  into  which  they  reverently  put  the  dead  boy.  They  dug  the 
grave,  and  lowered  the  body  into  it  and  covered  it  over.  The  noise 
of  the  hammer  brought  some  of  the  rebels  to  the  spot.  The  sight 
was  too  much  for  them.  The  stillness  of  the  night  —  the  story  so 
eloquently  told  by  the  heroic  labors  of  the  little  girls.  Not  a  word 
was  spoken  ;  no  one  interfered,  and  when  the  sacred  rites  of  burial 
were  performed,  all  separated ;  and  the  little  drummer-boy  sleeps 
undisturbed  in  his  grave  on  the  battle-field." 

The  most  judicious  and  efficient  manner  of  disposing 
of  the  fund  was  of  course  an  object  of  early  consider- 
ation with  the  Committee.  They  were  aware  that 
strong  objections  to  the  employment  of  salaried  agents, 
for  the  disbursement  of  a  fund  of  this  kind,  existed  in 
the  community,  although  in  some  cases  the  duty  can- 
not be  so  satisfactorily  performed  through  any  other 
agency.  To  entertain  individual  applications  for  relief 
coming  from  so  great  a  distance  was  out  of  the  ques- 
tion. Fortunately  there  already  existed  at  Knoxville, 
the  capital  of  East  Tennessee,  an  Association  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  relieving  the  distress  of  that  devoted 
region.  The  gentlemen  composing  the  Executive  Com- 


gg  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

mittee  of  that  Association  *  were  certified  to  us  as  per- 
sons of  the  highest  respectability,  and  the  Committee 
conceived  that  they  should  best  discharge  their  duty 
to  the  generous  contributors  to  the  fund,  by  paying  it 
over  in  large  instalments  and  as  fast  as  it  could  be 
advantageously  invested,  to  the  accredited  agents  of 
the  Knoxville  Relief  Association,  who  were  duly  au- 
thorized to  receive  it.  These  agents,  at  that  time, 
were  Colonel  N.  G.  Taylor,  to  the  effect  of  whose 
fervid  appeals  the  formation  of  the  fund  was  mainly 
due,  and  Mr.  G.  M.  Hazen  of  Knoxville.  A  letter  hav- . 
ing  been  received  from  Colonel  Taylor,  then  in  New 
York,  requesting  that  the  funds  on  hand  might  be 
remitted  to  him  and  Mr.  Hazen,  it  was  on  the  17th  of 
March  voted  by  the  Executive  Committee,  that  Mr.  J. 
Wiley  Edmands,  one  of  their  number  who  was  about  to 
visit  New  York,  be  requested  to  examine  the  creden- 
tials of  Messrs.  Taylor  and  Hazen.  If  in  his  judgment 
they  were  found  sufficient,  the  Chairman  was  author- 
ized to  accept  their  draft  for  a  sum  not  exceeding 
$40,000.  Mr.  Edmands  found  the  gentlemen  named 
to  be  clothed  with  full  authority  to  receive  and  invest 
whatever  funds  might  be  contributed  for  relief  of  the 
loyal  people  of  East  Tennessee.  Accordingly  on  the 
21st  of  March  their  draft  at  sight  for  $40,000  was  paid. 
Mr.  Hazen  repaired  immediately  to  Cincinnati,  the 
nearest  market  to  East  Tennessee,  at  which  provisions 

1  This  Committee  consisted  of  Rev.  Dr.  Humes,  (a  clergyman  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  possessing  the  entire  confidence  of  the  community,)  Messrs. 
William  Heiskell,  W.  G.  Brownlow,  John  Baxter,  O.  P.  Temple,  and  John 
M.  Fleming. 


THE   RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  59 

could  be  obtained,  and  invested  the  fund  placed  in  his 
hands  by  the  Committee  and  a  small  sum  which  had 
been  collected  by  Colonel  Taylor,  in  those  articles 
which  were  most  needed  for  the  relief  of  the  existing 
distress.  On  the  arrival  of  this  large  amount  of  flour 
and  other  bread-stuffs,  bacon,  and  other  articles  of  food 
at  Nashville,  considerable  delay  arose  from  the  limited 
means  of  transportation,  the  railroad  to  Chattanooga 
being  the  only  route.  The  War  Department,  as  has 
been  observed,  had,  at  the  instance  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Committee,  engaged  to  cooperate  in  the  relief  of 
East  Tennessee,  and  to  allow  supplies  to  go  forward 
by  the  Government  trains.  The  exigencies  of  the 
military  service  required  at  first  the  employment  of 
the  entire  force  of  the  railroad,  but  before  long  the 
agent  of  the  Knoxville  Relief  Committee  was  allowed 
to  dispose  of  one  merchandise  car  daily,  or  to  that 
average  amount.  In  this  way  the  supplies  were  con- 
veyed to  their  destination  as  rapidly  as  they  could  be 
advantageously  received  and  distributed. 

This  distribution  was  effected  in  the  most  satisfac- 
tory manner.  Under  the  superintendence  of  the  Exec- 
utive Committee  at  Knoxville, 'local  committees  were 
organized  in  the  different  counties  in  East  Tennessee 
within  the  federal  lines.  It  was,  of  course,  impossible 
to  send  supplies  into  those  counties  in  the  Northeast- 
ern part  of  the  State,  which  were  in  the  possession  of 
the  enemy,  and  not  entirely  safe  to  do  so,  in  the  mid- 
dle region,  lying  open  to  the  ravages  of  armed  bands 
of  ruffians  under  the  name  of  guerrillas.  But  fugitives 
from  these  districts  constantly  arriving  at  Knoxville 


60  ACCOUNT   OF   THE  FUND   FOR 

were  relieved  at  that  place.  A  small  portion  of  the 
supplies  were  sold  at  Knoxville  and  elsewhere  to  per- 
sons who  had  money,  but  owing  to  the  destitution  of 
the  markets,  were  unable  to  exchange  it  for  food.  The 
Committee  here  did  not  recommend  this  measure,  but 
there  seems  to  be  no  valid  objection  to  it,  as  without 
it  persons  having  the  means  to  purchase  would  in 
some  'localities  have  been  obliged  to  accept  as  a  gift 
what  they  would  rather  pay  for.  The  proceeds  of 
these  sales  were  of  course  added  by  the  Knoxville 
Committee  to  their  funds. 

On* the  20th  of  April,  the  further  sum  of  $20,000 
was,  on  the  draft  of  Colonel  Taylor,  remitted  to  Gil- 
more,  Dunlap  &  Co.,  bankers  of  the  Knoxville  Relief 
Association  at  Cincinnati.  The  funds  intrusted  to  us 
having  been  all  contributed  under  the  influence  of  the 
eloquent  appeals  of  Colonel  Taylor,  deputed  by  the 
Knoxville  Committee  to  procure  relief  for  his  fellow- 
citizens  of  East  Tennessee,  were  evidently  applicable 
exclusively  to  that  object,  nor  could  they  justly  be 
extended  to  sufferers  in  any  other  quarter,  though 
equally  destitute  and  meritorious.  Accordingly  when 
representations  were  made  to  us  by  letter  of  the  great 
distress  among  the  loyal  refugees  at  Murfreesborough, 
and  still  more  at  Nashville  and  even  at  Cincinnati, 
though  principally  at  Nashville,  knowing  that  these 
refugees  had  fled  not  only  from  East  Tennessee,  but 
from  Western  North  Carolina  and  the  Northern  coun- 
ties of  the  Gulf  States,  profoundly  sympathizing  as  we 
did  with  the  sufferers  at  the  places  just  named,  and 
fully  aware  of  the  heavy  burden  which  had  devolved 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  61 

upon  our  fellow-citizens  at  Nashville,  we  yet  felt  it 
beyond  our  power  to  adopt  any  general  measure  of 
relief.  We  called  the  attention,  however,  of  the  Knox- 
ville  Committee  to  the  subject,  and  suggested  the 
expediency  of  authorizing  a  reasonable  distribution  of 
supplies  at  Murfreesborough  for  fugitives  from  East 
Tennessee,  and  such  relief  as  might  be  deemed  practi- 
cable to  the  much  larger  number  of  the  same  class  at 
Nashville  and  Cincinnati.  This  recommendation  was 
promptly  and  liberally  complied  with  by  the  Knoxville 
Committee. 

About  the  middle  of  April  a  communication  was 
addressed  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  setting  forth  that 
the  transportation  of  supplies,  notwithstanding  the 
kind  promise  of  the  Department,  was  seriously  delayed 
at  Nashville,  and  requesting  that  if  this  arose  from  any 
undue  strictness  in  construing  the  orders  which  gave 
precedence  to  the  Government  work,  the  officer  in 
charge  might  be  directed  to  interpret  them  more  liber- 
ally. To  this  letter  the  following  reply  was  received 
from  the  Department :  — 

"WAR  DEPARTMENT,  > 

"  WASHINGTON  CITY,  May  4,  1864.  } 

«  Sir :  —  I  have  the  honor,  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  communication  of  the  24th  ultimo, 
relating  to  the  difficulty  experienced  in  obtaining  transportation  for 
the  supplies  furnished  by  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  for  the  benefit  of 
suffering  Unionists  in  East  Tennessee. 

"  In  reply,  I  am  instructed  to  say  that  these  difficulties  arise  solely 
from  the  fact,  that  every  available  means  of  transportation  has  been, 
and  is  still,  needed  by  General  Sherman,  to  transport  supplies  of 
food  for  his  army,  preparatory  to  the  opening  of  the  Spring  Campaign. 
In  the  mean  time,  Government  rations  have,  whenever  practicable, 
6 


02  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

been  issued  in  cases  of  special  need,  (230,000  rations  have  already 
been  issued  in  such  cases  in  the  department  of  the  Tennessee,)  and 
you  may  rest  assured  that  the  facilities  desired  by  you,  will  be  fur- 
nished, whenever  the  interest  and  the  necessities  of  the  public  service 
will  permit. 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir,  very  respectfully, 

"  Your  obedient  servant, 

[Signed]  ED.  R.  S.  CANBY,  Brigadier-General. 

"  HON.  EDWARD  EVERETT,  Boston,  Mass." 

Meantime  the  fund  continued  to  increase.  The  sym- 
pathy in  which  it  had  its  origin  pervaded  all  classes  of 
the  community.  Donations  continued  to  be  made, 
from  those  of  a  thousand  dollars  and  more  from  the 
Stock  and  Exchange  Board,  the  Corn  Exchange,  and 
the  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  took  part  in  the  musical 
entertainments  at  Chickering's  Hall,  down  to  the  literal 
mite  of  the  poor  widow.  Other  dramatic  exhibitions, 
concerts,  and  exhibitions  of  tableaux  contributed  liberal 
sums.  Children's  fairs  were  held  in  town  and  country, 
the  proceeds  of  two  of  which  amounted  to  $1,000 
each,  and  several  churches  took  up  large  collections, 
notwithstanding  the  liberal  donations  already  made  by 
individual  members.  The  principal  amount  received 
was  from  Massachusetts,  although  some  handsome 
remittances  were  made  from  Providence,  R.  I,  from 
New  Hampshire,  from  Maine,  Vermont,  and  New  York. 
Among  these  it  will  not  be  thought  improper  for  me 
to  mention  the  donations  of  $500  each  from  Mrs. 
Deborah  Powers  of  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.,  Miss  Arabella 

• 

Rice  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  Hon.  J.  Goodwin  of 
Portsmouth,  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Mrs.  Charlotte 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       53 

Rice  of  that  place,  and  in  presumed  accordance  with 
what  would  have  been  her  wishes. 

In  this  way  the  fund  \vhich,  when  the  aggregate 
list  was  published  on  the  9th  of  March,  amounted  to 
above  $52,000,  had  by  the  end  of  that  month  swelled 
to  above  $77,000.  The  end  of  April  brought  it  up  to 
$91,500.  One  hundred  thousand  dollars,  the  amount 
of  the  appropriation  proposed  in  the  Legislature,  had 
been  assigned  by  public  opinion  as  the  sum  which  we 
should  endeavor  to  raise  by  private  subscription,  and 
on  the  4th  of  June  that  amount  was  reached.  The 
foundation  was  laid  in  the  Teacher's  donation  of  three 
dollars  on  the  llth  of  February,  the  head-stone  was 
carried  up  by  $1,000  received  from  a  Children's  Fair 
at  the  house  of  Dr.  T.  I.  Talbot  on  the  4th  of  June. 
On  the  following  morning  the  fact  was  announced  in 
the  "Daily  Advertiser,"  with  the  following  remarks  : — 

"  To  the  numerous  individuals  and  societies  whose  unsolicited  dona- 
tions have  resulted  in  this  large  contribution  for  the  relief  of  our  loyal 
and  destitute  brethren  in  East  Tennessee,  on  their  behalf  I  return  my 
most  grateful  acknowledgments. 

"  In  addition  to  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  thus  con- 
tributed in  money,  articles  of  clothing  valued  in  the  aggregate  at  some 
thousands  have  been  received  and  forwarded.  Nor  must  the  assid- 
uous labor  of  the  Ladies'  Boston  Sewing  Circle,  in  making  up  two 
thousand  dollars  worth  of  materials  of  clothing,  and  of  other  smaller 
sewing  circles,  in  town  and  country,  be  forgotten. 

"  Liberal  as  is  the  amount,  which  has  thus  far  been  raised,  here 
and  elsewhere,  much  destitution  and  suffering  will  still  remain  unre- 
lieved. I  shall  be  most  happy,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee,  whose 
organ  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  still  to  receive  whatever  may  be  con- 
tributed for  this  object,  announcing  the  donations,  however,  less  fre- 
quently than  has  hitherto  been  done. 


64 


ACCOUNT   OF  THE  FUND  FOR 


u  It  is  but  an  act  of  justice  to  the  Editors  of  the  "  Daily  Advertiser  " 
to  return  them  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  Committee  for  the  gratuitous 
daily  insertion  of  my  announcements,  at  one  time  of  great  length,  for 
which  the  usage  of  the  Press  would  have  warranted  the  ordinary 
advertising  charge.  The  success  of  the  subscription  has,  in  no  small 
degree,  been  promoted  by  this  liberality  on  their  part. 

"  EDWARD  EVERETT." 

I  am  happy  to  state  that  more  than  two  thousand 
dollars  have  since  been  added  to  the  fund. 

The  following  reports  from  Mr.  Hall  will  afford  some 
idea  of  the  quantity  of  ready-made  clothing  which  has 
been  forwarded  by  that  gentleman.  The  pecuniary 
value  of  the  articles  has  been  stated  but  in  few  in- 
stances, but  is  supposed  to  amount  to  several  thousand 
dollars.  Sincere  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  Hall  for  his 
laborious  and  gratuitous  services  in  forwarding  them. 


"  Dear  Sir  :  —  The  following  packages,  containing  clothing,  &c., 
have  been  received  to  this  date,  contributed  for  the  sufferers  in  East 
Tennessee,  viz :  — 


1  box  from  Mrs.  Ticknor,  Park 
Street. 

1  bundle  from  M.  G.  Chapman. 

1  do.  from  Mrs.  H.  F.  Damon. 

1  do.  from  Mrs.  Sherman. 

1  box,  value  $250,  from  Mrs.  J.  A. 
Little,  President  of  the  Ladies'  Union 
of  Arlington  Street  Church. 

1  bundle  from  Mrs.  Balch. 

4  do.  from  Mrs.  E.  Atkins. 

1  do.  from  Mrs.  Emory  Washburn, 
Cambridge. 

2  do.  from  the  Misses  Ward. 

1  do.  from  Dr.  Winsor,  Cambridge. 
1  do.  from  Mrs.  Emerson. 
1  do.  from  Miss  Wells,  Cambridge. 
1  do.  from  Mrs.  Pickering. 


1  bundle  from  John  Gardner. 

1  do.  from  Prof.  F.  J.  Child,  Cam- 
bridge. 

2  boxes  from  Melendy  &  Stewart. 

3  barrels  and  1  bundle  from  ladies 
of  West  Medford,  through  Mrs.  Eli/a 
H.  Caret 

2  bundles  from  George  F.  Guild. 
1  do.  from  Mr.  Clark. 

1  do.  from  Mrs.  Frances  Parkman. 

2  boxes  from  Mr.  R.  Pollard. 

1  do.  from  J.  C.  Hoadly,  New  Bed- 
ford. 

2  bundles  from  Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  E. 
Ware. 

12  do.  from  persons  unknown. 


"  Respectfully  yours, 

"  SAMUEL  HALL,  JR. 
«  BOSTON,  March  24,  1864." 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  55 

"  Dear  Sir :  —  The  following  contributions  of  clothing,  &c.  for  the 
sufferers  in  East  Tennessee  have  been  received  since  my  last  acknowl- 
edgment (March  24),  and  have  been  sent  forward,  viz  :  — 


*3  boxes  and  2  bundles  from  Boston 
Sewing  Circle,  by  Mrs.  Ticknor. 

1  bundle  from  Mrs.  McNeil,  Rox- 
bury. 

1  do.  Miss  C.  A.  Brewer. 

1  do.  Mrs.  Thwing,  Quincy. 

1  do.  S.  Chapin,  Gloucester. 

1  do.  B.  F.  Adams. 

1  do.  Mr.  Bullard. 

2  do.  L.  A.  Huntington. 

1  do.  William  P.  Thurston,  Jamaica 
Plain,  and  21  Dover  street. 

2  cases  brogans  from  Col.  Gordon 
McKay. 

1  bundle  from  Edward  Page. 
1  box  and  1  bundle  from  the  Indus- 
trial Society  of  St.  Paul's  Church. 
1  do.  from  Miss  I.  E.  Loring. 

3  bundles  from  Mr.  Manning. 

3  barrels  and  2  boxes  from  John  J. 
May. 


1  bundle  from  Mrs.  Sarah  Johnson, 
value  $33. 

2  boxes    from   Waltham    Soldiers' 
Aid    Society,  by  Miss   M.  J.  Miles, 
value  $375. 

1  basket  and  1  bundle  from  Miss 
Margaret  C.  Thompson. 

1  bundle  from  Mrs.  C.  E.  Norton, 
Cambridge. 

2  boxes  from  J.  H.  Nichols,  Salem. 
2    bundles    from    Mrs.    Augustus 


1  do.  from  "  A  New  Bedford  Lady." 

2  boxes  and  1  bundle  from  "  Corner 
of  Summer  and  Otis  streets." 

2  bundles  from  Bishop  Eastburn. 
2  do.  from  Rev.  Mr.  Foote. 

1  box  from  North  Bridgewater. 

2  boxes  and  a  bundle  from  Mr.  Jo- 
seph Willard. 


"  Respectfully  yours, 

"  SAMUEL  HALL,  JR. 


"  April  18,  1864." 


"  BOSTON,  May  18,  1864. 

"  Dear  Sir :  —  Since  my  last  acknowledgment  (April  18th),  the 
following  contributions  of  clothing,  &c.,  have  been  received,  all  of 
which  have  been  forwarded  to  the  sufferers  of  East  Tennessee, 


3  cases  from  Boston  Sewing  Circle, 
by  Mrs.  Ticknor. 

2  bundles  from  Mrs.  Fletcher. 
1  bundle  unknown. 
1  box  from  New  Bedford. 
1  bundle  from  Mrs.  McKean. 

1  case  from  ladies  of  Beverley,  by 
Hannah  C.  Adams. 

2  bundles  from  Mrs.  T.  C.  Hubbard, 
Newton. 


1  box  from  Greenfield,  or  Shelburne 
Falls. 

1  bundle  from  Mrs.  Atkins. 

1  barrel,  value  $53.75,  from  Ladies' 
Benevolent  Society,  Amory  Village, 
Millbury,  Mass. 

1  bundle,  80  pairs  stockings,  J.  Wi- 
ley Edmands. 

1  do.  from  Miss  Minot. 

1  box  from  Salem. 

1  bundle  from  R.  H.  Stearns. 


"  Respectfully  yours, 

"SAMUEL  HALL,  JB." 


6* 


66  ACCOUNT   OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

"  BOSTON,  June  24,  1864. 

"Dear  Sir:  —  Since  my  last  report  (May  18),  the  following  pack- 
ages of  clothing,  &c.,  have  been  received,  all  of  which  have  been  for- 
warded to  the  East  Tennessee  Relief  Association,  viz  :  — 


2  boxes  from  Boston  Sewing  Circle, 
by  Mrs.  Ticknor. 

1  box,  New  Church  Sewing  Circle, 
Boston. 

1  do.  Brookfield,  Mass. 

1  do.   and    2    baskets,    Louisburg 


1  bundle,  Moses  P.  Grant. 

1  do.  Rev.  Mr.  Barnes,  Maiden. 

1  do.  Mr.  Morrill. 

1  do.  Mrs.  Curret,  West  Medford. 

1  do.  H.  Williams. 

1  do.  Mrs.  Eastburn. 


Square. 

"  Respectfully  yours, 

"  SAMUEL  HALL,  JR." 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  proper  to  mention  that 
Mr.  Allen  Cameron,  agent  of  the  Abbot  Worsted  Com- 
pany, Graniteville,  contributed  one  hundred  pounds  of 
gray  stocking  yarn,  worth  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents 
per  pound,  to  be  knit  for  the  destitute  in  East  Ten- 
nessee. A  portion  of  this  yarn  was  knit  into  eighty 
pairs  of  stockings  by  the  ladies  of  Rev.  Edward  E. 
Hale's  congregation. 

After  Mr.  Hazen  had  invested  at  Cincinnati  the  sum 
remitted  to  him  and  Colonel  Taylor  as  above  men- 
tioned, he  was  relieved  of  his  agency,  and  Thomas  G. 
Odiorne,  Esq.  of  Cincinnati,  was  appointed  by  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  at  Knoxville,  as  their  permanent 
purchasing  agent.  This  gentleman's  residence  at  Cin- 
cinnati, high  character,  disinterested  zeal  in  the  cause, 
and  experience  as  the  agent  of  the  Sanitary  Commis- 
sion eminently  qualified  him  for  the  efficient  discharge 
of  the  trust,  which  he  has  executed  to  the  entire  satis- 
faction of  the  Committee  in  Boston  and  the  Executive 
Committee  at  Knoxville. 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  gf 

It  has  already  been  stated,  that,  instead  of  employ- 
ing paid  agents  of  their  own,  the  Committee  deemed 
it  expedient,  from  time  to  time,  to  pay  over  the  fund 
intrusted  to  them  to  the  accredited  agents  of  the 
Knoxville  Belief  Association.  By  April  the  23d, 
$72,000  had  been  advanced  in  this  way.1  This  sum, 
with  the  liberal  appropriation  of  the  Philadelphia 
Committee,  and  donations  made  directly  to  Colonel 
Taylor,  has  kept  the  agent  at  Cincinnati  amply  sup- 
plied with  funds  for  the  purchase  of  all  the  supplies, 
which  could  be  sent  forward  by  water  to  Nashville, 
and  has  left  a  balance  in  his  hands  to  be  invested  in 
proportion  as  transportation  can  be  obtained  by  the 
Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad. 

On  the  28th  of  July,  the  fund  intrusted  to  the  Com- 
mittee having  reached  an  amount  larger  by  about 
$2,000  than  the  sum  originally  contemplated,  a  meet- 
ing was  called  to  consider  the  expediency  of  clos- 
ing the  account,  and  it  was  decided  that  of  the  bal- 
ance on  hand,  $28,000  should  be  remitted  to  the 
bankers  at  Cincinnati,  making  $100,000  paid  over,  and 
leaving  the  residue  chargeable  with  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation of  the  ready-made  clothing,  forwarded  by 
Mr.  Hall,  and  some  small  contingent  expenses.  Before 
the  remittance  could  take  place,  a  letter  was  received 
from  Dr.  Humes,  stating  that  the  stock  of  supplies  on 
hand  at  Knoxville,  and  in  charge  of  the  local  agents 
would,  with  prudent  management,  suffice  till  larger 

1  In  this  sum  of  $72,000  are  included  $10,000  paid  to  the  Philadelphia 
Committee,  and  $2,000  expended  in  materials  of  clothing  made  up  by  the 
Ladies'  Sewing  Circle. 


gg  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

means  of  transportation  could  be  obtained ;  and  that 
as  the  number  of  refugees  at  Knoxville  was  increasing, 
it  was  expedient  to  have  in  reserve  the  means  of  relief 
for  autumn  and  winter,  when  he  fears,  that  the  distress 
will  again  become  serious.  For  these  reasons,  he  rec- 
ommends that  the  Committee  should  retain,  for  the 
present,  the  balance  in  their  hands.  In  accordance 
with  this  advice  he  has  been  informed  that  $28,000 
will  be  held  by  the  Committee  subject  to  his  draft  at 
sight,  or  that  of  the  bankers  at  Cincinnati  acting  by 
his  direction. 

It  is  but  an  act  of  justice  to  the  Knoxville  Commit- 
tee to  speak  in  terms  of  high  commendation  of  the 
manner  in  which  they  have  effected  the  distribution  of 
the  supplies,  —  a  work  beset  with  no  inconsiderable 
difficulties  arising  from  the  extent  of  territory  to  be 
relieved,  the  want  of  those  means  of  communication 
which  *  exist  in  most  of  the  Atlantic  States,  and  the 
unsettled  state  of  the  country.  By  the  aid  of  local 
organizations  and  agencies,  with  the  vigilant  super- 
vision of  the  Central  Committee  at  Knoxville,  it  is 
believed  that  the  work  has  been  judiciously  and  satis- 
factorily performed.  Some  losses  have  occurred,  una- 
voidable it  is  presumed,  on  a  line  of  communication  so 
extensive  and  circuitous,  where  delay  and  irregularity 
in  transportation  were  necessarily  accompanied  with 
unexpected  accumulation  at  particular  points,  and 
where  the  channels  of  ultimate  distribution  are  so 
numerous.  But  the  Committee  have  no  reason  to 
think  that  these  losses  were  greater  than  was  to  be 


THE  RELIEF   OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.  gg 

expected  under  the   circumstances  of  the   case,  the 
nature  of  the  service,  and  the  state  of  the  country. 

The  Committee  perform  an  agreeable  duty  in  ac- 
knowledging their  special  obligations  to  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Humes,  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  East  Tennessee  Relief  Association.  Too  much 
cannot  be  said  in  praise  of  the  diligence,  fulness,  and 
punctuality  of  his  correspondence.  The  extracts  from 
it,  which  have  accompanied  the  daily  announcement 
of  donations,  have  served  an  important  purpose  in 
keeping  up  the  public  interest  in  the  cause.  It  has 
afforded  the  contributors  to  the  fund  the  satisfaction 
of  knowing  that  their  active  sympathy  has  taken 
the  desired  effect ;  and  that  the  supplies  so  liberally 
furnished  have  been  faithfully  and  judiciously  distrib- 
uted. 

Dr.  Humes'  letters  have  not  only  furnished  the 
satisfactory  information  of  suffering  relieved,  want  of 
the  most  urgent  kind  supplied,  and  of  life  no  doubt 
in  this  way,  in  many  cases  preserved,  but  they  have 
contained  assurances  scarcely  less  gratifying  that  the 
moral  effect  upon  the  minds  of  our  fellow-citizens  in 
East  Tennessee  of  this  manifestation  of  active  sympa- 
thy on  the  part  of  their  Northern  brethren  has  been 
most  auspicious.  It  has  impressed  them  with  feelings 
toward  their  fellow-citizens  of  the  North  not  soon  to 
be  effaced.  It  has  shown  them  that  the  love  of  the 
Union  with  us  is  not  a  profession  which  satisfies  itself 
with  words  but  a  sentiment  which  warms  the  heart. 

The  following,  with  the  omission  of  some  personal 
allusions,  is  extracted  from  the  "  Knoxville  Whig  "  of 
the  25th  of  June  last:  — 


7Q  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FUND  FOR 

"  In  a  late  letter  from  Mr.  Everett  to  the  President  of  the  East  Ten- 
nessee Belief  Association,  the/act  is  announced  that  Massachusetts  has 
contributed  ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  for  the  relief  of  the 
suffering  and  destitute  people  of  East  Tennessee.  .  .  .  This 
is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  and  suggestive  facts  developed  by  this 
strange  war.  Between  Tennessee  and  Massachusetts  there  has  never 
been  any  common  identity  of  habit  or  thought,  and  no  close  commer- 
cial or  personal  ties,  which  sometimes  bind  together  the  citizens  of 
neighboring  States.  Indeed,  we  have  been  taught  for  many  years 
(though  we  did  not  all  believe)  that  the  people  of  the  North  were 
narrow-minded,  selfish,  cold,  and  avaricious.  But  no  sooner  do  they 
hear  the  tale  of  the  destitution  of  a  people  fifteen  hundred  miles  away, 
than,  with  the  instincts  of  a  common  humanity,  a  common  religion, 
and  a  common  patriotism,  they  outstrip  all  others  in  the  most  gener- 
ous race  of  charity." 

After  alluding  to  the  cooperation  of  "  all  the  leading 
men  and  all  the  churches,  charitable  associations,  pub- 
lic and  private  institutions,  and  of  the  women,  the  boys, 
and  the  girls,"  the  article  proceeds :  — 

"  No  one  seems  to  have  felt  that  he  had  done  his  duty  unless  he 
had  contributed  something.  And  all  this  was  done  from  principle, 
not  from  enthusiasm.  They  regarded  it  as  a  sacred  duty.  They  ever 
have  been  taught  that  charity  and  benevolence  are  duties  which  they 
cannot  neglect.  The  Southern  gentleman,  rolling  in  his  wealth,  will 
live  in  the  greatest  elegance,  and  expend  his  money  with  princely 
prodigality  on  himself  and  his  own  circle,  but  he  has  a  dull  ear  to  the 
claims  of  charity  outside  of  his  circle.  He  is  most  liberal  to  himself, 
while  the  Northern  man  is  more  liberal  to  others.  Herein  is  the  dif- 
ference between  the  two.  Hence  public  enterprises  have  been  fos- 
tered and  patronized,  and  the  cold  and  bleak  North  has  prospered  and 
grown  great ;  while  the  rich  and  productive  South  has  stood  compar- 
atively still  for  want  of  that  liberal  public  enterprise. 

"  We  say,  from  the  bottom  of  our  heart,  all  honor  to  glorious  old 
Massachusetts.  The  people  of  that  State  are  indeed  our  neighbors 


THE  RELIEF  OF  EAST  TENNESSEE.       7^ 

and  our  brethren.  And  that  which  is  true  of  them  is  likewise  true, 
possibly  in  a  less  degree,  of  all  the  people  of  the  North.  For,  even 
far-off  Maine  has  generously  contributed  her  thousands  for  the  relief 
of  our  suffering  people.  And  so  of  nearly  every  State.  Let  us 
hold  them  in  everlasting  remembrance,  and  prove  ourselves  worthy 
of  their  benefactions." 

Respectfully  submitted,  by  order  of  the  Committee, 
to  the  contributors  to  the  fund,  by 

EDWARD  EVERETT. 

P.  S.  —  Since  the  foregoing  Report  was  prepared, 
the  further  sum  of  twenty  thousand  five  hundred 
dollars  ($20,500)  was,  on  the  3d  of  October,  remitted 
to  the  Bankers  of  the  Knoxville  East  Tennessee  Relief 
Association,  and  an  order  filled  for  shoes  to  the  amount 
of  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($7,500),  to  be 
forwarded  to  Knoxville,  making,  with  the  sums  above 
reported,  an  aggregate  of  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars ($100,000). 


LIST  OF  CONtRIBUTORS 


TO    THE 


FUND  FOR  THE  RELIEF  OF  THE  LOYAL  AND  SUF- 
FERING EAST  TENNESSEEANS. 


Feb.  11,  Teacher  of  a  Public 
School                          $3  00 
Feb.  12,  F.  H.  Peabody  100  00 

Feb.  22,  Bro 
Chi 
V 

Lt.-Col.  Peabody....     5000 
"        Boston  Boy  5  00 

Johi 
"        Wil 

Feb.  13,  Mrs.  Sylvester  Baker, 
jr.,  Yarmouth  Port       5  00 
Feb.  15,  James  Gordon  Clarke    50  00 
Mrs.  S.  Hooper  100  00 
"        A  lady  aged  83  5  00 

W. 
Dr. 

"        Mrs 
"        Mrs 
"        Ano 

Feb.  16,  Mrs.  John  Mackay..  .   100  00 
"        Anonymous  20  00 

PI 
"        Ano 

"        Anonymous  5  00 

Feb.  23,  Spn 

"        Charles  P.  Curtis  5000 
Feb.  17,  A  friend  5000 

"        Ano 
"         Anc 

"        A  Bank  Clerk  3  00 

"        Ano 

"        For  the  destitute  Ten- 
nesseans  20  00 

"        Ano 
"        Edn 

"        Anonymous  5  00 

"        Ladi 

"        Augustus  Lowell  10000 
"        E.  A.  Raymond  30  00 
"        Dorchester  1791,dated 
at  Newton  200  00 

PI 
"        Lyd 
J.  C 
Be 

W.  H.  Gardiner  200  00 
Feb.  18,  Elisha  T.  Loring  100  00 
"        General  James  Dana, 
Charlestown  50  00 
Feb.  19,  An  old  lady        50  00 

Mrs. 
C.S 
Nath 
AS 
Feb.  24,  Igna 

"        Anonymous  '  4  00 

ch 

"        Mrs.  E.  Wigglesworth  100  00 
"        Octavius  Pickering.  .     30  00 
Feb.  20,  A  poor  girl  1  00 

tri 
cit 
"        Abb 

"        Anonymous  2  00 

"        Jam* 

Feb.  21,  Anonymous  —  a  lady  100  00 
Feb.  22,  Dr.  James  Jackson.  .     50  00 

Hen 

Miss 

Carried  UD  .  .  ,      .  .  $1588  00 

Ca 

Children's  Fair  in  Mt. 

Vernon  Street 100  00 

John  Gardner 50  00 

William  Everett 20  00 

W.  F.  Weld 100  00 

Dr.  John  Romans. . .  100  00 
Mrs.  William  Pratt. .  250  00 
Mrs.  G.  H.  Shaw  ...  250  00 
Anonymous,  Jamaica 

Plain 5000 

ous 5  00 

Soule  &  Co.  500  00 

Anonymous 50  00 

Anonymous 50  00 

Anonymous 5  00 

Anonymous,  Salem  .  100  00 

Edmund  Munroe 60  00 

Ladies  of  Needham 

Plain 5200 

LydiaS.  Gale 100  00 

J.  C.  Hoadley,  New 

Bedford 48  00 

Mrs.  Henry  Grew  ...  100  00 
C.  S.  F.,  Keene,  N.  H.  20  00 
Nathaniel  Francis  ...  200  00 
Scotch  woman. . .  10  00 
latius  Sargent,  Ma- 

chias,  Me.,  the  con- 
tribution of  loyal 

citizens 100  00 

Abbott  Lawrence.. . .  200  00 

James  Parker 100  00 

Henry  W.  Pickering.  50  00 
Miss  Charlotte  Harris  100  00 


Carried  over $4348  00 


76 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


Feb.  24,  Brought  over $4348  00 

"        Miss  Isa  E.  Loring. .  200  00 

«        Miss  F.  L.  Gray 25  00 

"        Miss  A.  G.  Gray 20  00 

"        William  Gray 60000 

"        George  Howe 200  00 

"        Annie 3  00 

"        Achild 1  00 

"        W.  Yarmouth 1  00 

Feb.  25,  Mrs.  G.  Lee 100  00 

"        A  lady  in   Chestnut 

Street 2500 

"        James  Sturgis 60  00 

"        P.  C.  Brooks 200  00 

"        Thomas  J.  Lee 6000 

"  Master  Reginald  Gray  6  00 
"  "  Sam.  S.  Gray.  5  00 

"  Wm.  T.  Andrews. . .  100  00 
"  Dr.  Charles  Mifflin  . .  60  00 
"  Miss  Louisa  M.  God- 

dard 60  00 

"        C.  G.,  a  poor  man's 

offering 5  00 

"  Hon.  A.  H.  Bullock  .  100  00 
"  William  S.  Rogers  . .  60  00 
"  Mrs.  Abby  M.  Wales  50  00 

"        Miss  Wales 300  00 

"        Anonymous 50  00 

"        Anonymous 50  00 

"        Anonymous 20  00 

"        Friend  X 100  00 

Feb.  26,  Mrs.  Sally  Batchelder      5  00 

W.  W.  Clapp.jr 2500 

'        Hon.  George  B.  Upton  200  00 

A  Salem  lady 100  00 

George  M.  Wales. ...  100  00 
'  Rev.  Dr.  Burroughs.  6000 
'  Mrs.  Dr.  Hayward, 

Pemberton  Square.   100  00 
"        Hon.  Dwight  Foster.     60  00 
"        Master  Willie  R.  Rich- 
ards       10  00 

"        Charles  Deane 100  00 

"  Sam.  Boyd,  Marlboro'  100  00 
"  Joseph  Whitney  &  Co.  100  00 
"  Jonathan  Ellis  &  Co.  100  00 
"  Mrs.  B.  D.  Greene  . .  200  00 
"  George  Livermore, 

Cambridge 100  00 

"        Sterne  Morse 100  00 

"        Rev.  Dr.  N.  L.  Froth- 

ingham 50  00 

"        Turner  Sargent 100  00 

"        Richard  Leeds 60  00 

"        Johnson  &  Thompson  100  00 
"        A  friend  from  Brook- 
line  50  00 

"        J.  C.  Tyler  &  Co 100  00 

C.  D.  Head  &  T.  H. . 
Perkins 100  00 


Carried  up §864800 


Feb.  26,  Brought  up $8648  00 

O.  S.  0 2000 

"        A  Bostonian 2  00 

Feb.  27,  Dr.  John  Ware 50  00 

"        John  Wooldredge...  10000 
"        Boston  Stock  and  Ex- 
change Board,    by 
unanimous  vote  . . .  1000  00 

"        A  Friend 1000 

Charles  E.  Guild....  2500 
"  Hon.  Jacob  Sleeper..  100  00 
"  Messrs.  H.&L.  Chase  6000 
"  Matthew  Howland, 

New  Bedford 60  00 

"        Samuel  Johnson 100  00 

"        Mrs. Thomas  G.  Cary  100  00 

A  lady 20  00 

B.  C.  Ward 100  00 

"        John  J.   Low,   West 

Roxbury 25  00 

"        Rev.  Wm.  Mountfort    50  00 
"        A  poor  ex-Teacher. .       2  00 

"        James  M.  Beebe 200  00 

Joseph  B.  Glover..  . .  100  00 
"  Robert  Waterston...  10000 
"  J.  Huntington  Wol- 

cott 200  00 

"        Mrs.  Wolcott 100  00 

"        J.  Randolph  Coolidge    50  00 
"        Hon.    Stephen    Fair- 
banks     100  00 

"        Hon.  C.  G.  Loring..  100  00 
"        The    Misses    Lowell, 

Roxbury 200  00 

"        Mrs.  Mary  B.  Park- 
man 25  00 

Geo 500 

"        Miss  Eliza  S.  Quincy    50  00 

"        C.  H.  Gay 25  00 

Martin  L.  Bradford. .     50  00 

R.  C.  Mackay 150  00 

W.Mackay 5000 

"        Newton 20  00 

"        W.  from  Newton 5  00 

"        James  Hunnewell, 

Charlestown 100  00 

"        Rebecca  P.  Allyn, 

Cambridge 20  00 

"        Carruth  &  Sweetser  .   100  00 
Col.  Charles  R.  Cod- 
man  50  00 

"        G.  L 35  00 

"        Jacob     Stone,    New- 

buryport 20  00 

"        Col.  Theodore  Lyman  100  00 

A.  S.  Stimpson 25  00 

"        Master    Stimpson,    a 

birthday  offering  . .       2  00 

"        K  Street 6  00 

"        Anonymous 15  00 

Carried  over. . .  .$12,455  00 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


77 


Feb.  27,  Brought  over $12,455  00 

"         Clara  and  Lucy  Rog- 
ers, twin  sisters. . .     30  00 

"        Martin  Brimmer 250  00 

"  Master  Edward  Gray  8  00 
"  Mrs.  Eliza  Babcock..  20  00 
"  A  lady  in  Greenfield, 

Mass 10  00 

"        Mrs.  Henry  W.  Pick- 
ering       50  00 

"        Harry  Pickering 10  00 

"        Tlios.  Wiggles  worth.   100  00 
"        Miss  Mary  Wiggles- 
worth  100  00 

Hon.  Charles  Allen..     2500 
Dr.  R.  W.  Hooper. . .   100  00 

Mrs.  E.  Hooper 100  00 

Miss  E.  Hooper 50  00 

Miss  M.  I.  Hooper  . .     50  00 
Miss  Ellen  S.  Hooper    50  00 

Marian  Hooper 60  00 

J.  H.  Eastburn 100  00 

Solomon  Piper 100  00 

Jacob  A.  Dresser 50  00 

John  Collamore 60  00 

"        J.Wiley  Edmands...   500  00 

"        Mrs.  E.  R.  Mudge...     5000 

"        From  the  Sec.  Church 

in    Dorchester,    of 

which     from    Mrs. 

Walter  Baker  $100, 

and  from  the  Misses 

Oliver  $50* 325  00 

"        Mason  G.  Parker.. . .     25  00 
"        George  H.  Tilton.. . .     25  00 
William  W.  Tucker.   100  00 
"        Field,  Converse  &  Al- 
len   100  00 

Miss  Eliz'th  S.  Bangs    30  00 

"         An  aged  lady 30  00 

J.  Eliot  Cabot 50  00 

"        Dresser,    Stevens    & 

Co 50  00 

"        J.  E.  Thayer  &  Bro.  300  00 

"        W.  B.  Spooner 200  00 

"        G.  B.  Cary 50  00 

Carried  up $15,54300 

*  The  donation  from  the  Second  Church 
in  Dorchester  was  accompanied  with  the 
following  note:  — 

"  DORCHESTER,  29<A  Feb.,  1864. 
"  DEAR  SIR, —  I  have  the  pleasure  of 
transmitting  to  you  $325,  a  contribution 
for  the  Patriots"  of  East  Tennessee  from 
friends  in  the  Second  Church,  Dorchester. 
We  observe  a  fourth  Sabbath  evening  of 
each  month  as  a  time  for  prayer  for  our 
country,  and  last  evening  thought  it  fitting 
to  act  as  well  as  pray. 

"  With  much  respect  I  am, 

"  Dear  Sir,  truly  yours, 
[Signed]    "  JAMES  A.  MEANS,  Pastor.'" 

7* 


Feb.  27,  Brought  up $15,543  00 

Sydney  Bartlett 100  00 

J.  Appleton  Burnham  100  00 
Chas.  Hook  Appleton  100  00 

"         Charles  Amory 100  00 

"        Patrick  Donahue. ...   100  00 

S.  P.  H 2500 

"        Rev.  C.  T.  Thayer. .     50  00 
"        Rice,  Kendall  &  Co. .   100  00 
J.  C.  Howe  &  Co.. .  .1000  00 
"        A  crumb  for  the  hun- 
gry Tennesseeans  .       1  00 

"        Jos.  S.  Fay 100  00 

"        H.  P.  Sturgis 100  00 

"        Henry  Lee 100  00 

Henry  Lee,  jr 50  00 

"        Mrs.  Henry  Lee,  jr...     6000 

W.  H.  Guild 5000 

"        Three  workwomen. .       7  00 
"        E.  Mudge,  Sawyer  & 

Co 500  00 

"         Col.  Samuel  Swett.. .     40  00 
Feb.  29,  Benjamin  S.  Rotch. .  100  00 
"        A     Cordial    Sympa- 
thizer       30  00 

"        Mrs.  C.  G.  Loring. . .   100  00 
"        Hon.    J.    C.    Dodge, 

Cambridge 50  00 

"        Henry  Upham 100  00 

"         William  Parsons 100  00 

"        Rev.  Henry  W.  Foote    30  00 
"        Albert     D.     Bosson, 

Chelsea  (aged  10) ..       1  00 

"        A  Bostonian 2500 

"        Josiah  Quincy,  jr 10000 

"        Prof.  F.  J.  Child,  Cam- 
bridge      2500 

"        W.  S.  Bullard 250  00 

"        Hon.  Artemas  Hale, 

Bridgewater 20  00 

"         Two  ladies,  do 15  00 

Chas.  Brewer  &  Co...   100  00 
"        Alexander  Moseley..  10000 
"        A  Boarder,  44   Sum- 
mer Street 5  00 

March  1,  Daniel  Hammond  ...     50  00 
Alfred  Winsor  &  Son  100  00 

"        A  friend 30  00 

"        G.  W.  Bond 100  00 

"        Dr.  Charles  E.  Ware.     60  00 
"        James  O.  Safford. ...  100  00 

C.  H 500 

G.  A.  R 1000 

"  Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow.. .  150  00 
William  A.  Grover..  100  00 
William  S.  Whitwell.  50  00 

"        Two  widows 10  00 

"        William  Durant 100  00 

"        Mrs.  J.  Augustus  Pea- 
body  60  00 

Carried  over $20,272  00 


78 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


March  1,  Brought  over $20.272  00 

"        Mrs.  C.  Win.  Loring.     6000 
"        Thomas    G.     Apple- 
ton  100  00 

«  Mrs.  N.  Fairbanks  . .  5  00 
"  Miss  Ellen  M.  Ward.  100  00 
"  Miss  Julia  E.  Ward,.  100  00 
"  Harrison  P.  Page,  Wa- 

tertown 100  00 

"        Dr.  Chas.  Beck,  Cam- 
bridge   100  00 

"  Mrs.  Anna  S.  Moring  25  00 
"  T.  W.  Wellington, 

Worcester 50  00 

"        From  a  lady,  Salem  .     50  00 
"        From  a  merchant,  Sa- 
lem       50  00 

"        Mrs.  M.  Lowell  Put- 
nam    100  00 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Wright. . .  20  00 
"  SethBemis,  Newton.  5000 

"        Anonymous 100  00 

"        A  Poor  New  Hamp- 
shire Boy 6  00 

"        Anonymous,   Middle- 
borough  50  00 

"        Edward  Cruft 5000 

"        Mrs.  S.  Cabot,  Brook- 
line  100  00 

"  Mrs.  E.  W.  Forbush.  20  00 
"  Dr.  O.  W.  Holmes.. .  100  00 
"  Dr.  H.  Richardson  . .  25  00 
"  Miss  E.  Richardson  .  25  00 
"  Wm.  B.  Bradford  ...  60  00 
"  Messrs.  Faulkner, 

Kimball&Co 500  00 

"        Wellington  Brothers, 

East  Cambridge ...     50  00 

"        Elisha  Atkins 100  00 

"        Master  Edwin  F.  At- 
kins       10  00 

"        James  L.  Little 250  00 

"        Wm.  Munroe 200  00 

Dr.  Edward  Reynolds    50  00 

"        Miss  Mason 50  00 

"        Miss  S.  L.  Mason 25  00 

"        Hon.  P.  Sprague  ....     30  00 

"        Mrs.  J.  M... 1000 

"        Samuel  A.  Way 100  00 

"        J.  S.  Barstow 10000 

"        George  M.  Soule. . . .  100  00 

"        C.  A.  Cummings 25  00 

C.  F.  Hovey  &  Co.. .  500  00 

"        Wm.  P.  Mason 20000 

Mrs.  Daniel  Denny. .  100  00 
"  Dr.  W.R.Lawrence.  100  00 
"  Joseph  H.  Billings...  6000 

"        Fees  of  referees 30  00 

"        Amherst,by  the  hands 

of  Col.  W.  S.  Clark  250  00 

Carried  up $24,52700 


March  1,  Brought  up $24,527  00 

E.  S 2000 

Milton  Hill 10  00 

C.   and  J.,  two  poor 

young  men 4  00 

Benjamin  R.  Gilbert.     50  00 
Alexander  Beal,  Dor- 
chester       25  00 

"  B.  D.  Emerson,  Ja- 
maica Plain 100  00 

"  Ezra  Abbot,  Cam- 
bridge    20  00 

"  A  lady  in  Cambridge  20  00 
"  John  Bertram,  Salem  200  00 
"  Hon.  R.  H.  Dana,  jr..  30  00 
Geo.  W.  Wheelright  50  00 
"  Forest  Hill  St.,  Rox- 

bury 5  00 

"        Miss  C.  H.  Wild  ....     25  00 
"        Weld     Farm,     West 

Roxbury 80  00 

"        Edward  Atkinson  ...    50  00 
"        D.  W.  Salisbury  ....  100  00 
"        Burr  Brothers  &  Co.  200  00 
"        Henry  L.  Pierce,  Dor- 
chester   100  00 

"        Francis  Cabot 25  00 

"        Arthur  Searle 2000 

C.  K 1000 

A.  H 500 

"        Messrs.Claflin,Saville 

&Co 100  00 

"        Eaton,  Cumings  &  Co.  100  00 

"        Cambridge 50  00 

"        Francis  Williams, 

Quincy 100  00 

Mrs.  E.  H.  D 2500 

March  2,  Henry  Williams 25  00 

"  A  school-girl's  month- 
ly allowance 1  00 

"        Uncle  Ben,  Savin  Hill    10  00 
"        A  friend  in  Cambridge    10  09 

"        Elbridge  Torrey 10  00 

"        Mrs.  James  Lawrence  200  00 
"        Professor  Asa  Gray, 

Cambridge 20  00 

"        L.  Grozelier 10  00 

C.W.Clark 2500 

E 3  00 

"        A  friend  in  Roxbury .       6  00 

"        A  friend 1000 

"  Anonymous,  by  the 
hands  of  J.  I.  Bow- 
ditch  100  00 

"        Mrs.  N.  I.  Bowditch.   500  00 

"        J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch  200  00 

Mrs.  J.  I.  Bowditch..   100  00 

Wm.  Claflin 200  00 

"        Hon.  Seth  Ames 5000 

"        S.  C.  Thwing 100  00 

Carried  over $27,631  00 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


79 


March  2,  Brought  over  .  .  .     $27  631  00 

March  3,  Brought  up  §31,269  00 
"        George  D.Welles  5000 
'        Oliver  Ditson  100  00 

"        Rev.  Dr.  Ellis  &  Mrs.  ' 
Ellis,  Charlestown.  100  00 
"        Mrs.  H.  B.  Rogers..  .  100  00 
William  Read  &  Son.  100  00 
"        Anonymous  60  00 

'        E.  B.  Phillips  25  00 

'        Mrs.  R.  G.  Shaw  200  00 
Miss  Louisa  Shaw.  .  .     25  00 
'        Jona.    French,    Rox- 
'              burv                               TOO  OO 

"        Mas  ter  Jas  .  Lawrence, 
jr  2  00 

"        Anonymous.in  Mount 
Vernon  Street  15  00 

Mrs.  James  Sturgis.  .     50  00 
'        John  G.  Tappan           100  00 

"        D.  P.  Ives  10000 

'        Charles  F.  Bradford, 
Roxbury                      50  00 

"        M.  L.  C  100  00 

"        I.E.  Piper  5  00 

Charles  K.  Cobb  ....     50  00 
'        George  J.  Fiske            100  00 

"        Rev.  Dr.  Bartol  50  00 

"        Leverett  Saltonstall..  100  00 
"        Ariel  Low  &  Co  100  00 
"        H.  H.  Hunnewell..  .  .  300  00 
"        Wm.  Gray,  jr....           25000 

'        Homer  Bartlett  60  00 
'        "Homo  Sum"..              800 

'        James  W.  Sever.  ...     60  00 

'        Hon.  Edward  Brooks  200  00 
Francis  Brooks  100  00 
"        Joseph  E.  Worcester, 
Cambridge  .  .  .          100  00 

"        Mrs.  S.P.  Miles,  Brat- 
tleboro  50  00 

"        Rev.  R.  Ellis,  second 
donation  10  00 

"        A  New  England  Sis- 
ter to  her  brave  and 
suffering  young  sis- 
ters in  E.Tennessee      5  00 
"        George  Gardner  30000 
"        E.  M.  andE.  A.  C...     1000 
"        Charles  Heath    .            60  00 

"        A  small  boy  1  00 

"        Sam'l  Frothingham..     50  00 
"        Sam'l  Frothingham, 
jr  50  00 

"        Dr.    Henry   Bartlett, 
Roxbury  50  00 

"        1  5  00 

"        Mrs.  Charles  Heath.  .     50  00 
"        Miss  E.  Parsons.            50  00 

"        S.  G.  Snelling  50  00 

"        Lindsley,  Shaw  &  Co.  100  00 
"        Henry  Wainwright.  .  100  00 
"        From    one   who   has 
very  little    of  this 

"        The  contents  of  a  sav- 
ings-bank from  two 
little  boys  2  00 

"        S.  Willard  &  Son..  .  .  100  00 
"        J.  C.  W  25  00 

"        Howland,  Hinckley  & 
Co  50  00 

"        Larkin,  Stackpole    & 
Co  100  00 

"        J.  G.  Kidder  100  00 

"        A  Book-keeper  .  .          10  00 

"        John  A.  Blanchard.  .   100  00 
"        Naylor  &  Co  300  00 

"        Edward  S.  Philbrick.  100  00 
"        Beacon  Hill  15  00 

Sewall,  Day  &  Co....  100  00 
"        J.  Field  200  00 

"        Fishers  &  Chapin..  .  .  100  00 
"        From  R  1  00 

"        Chas.  H.  Coffin,  New- 
buryport  100  00 

'        From  509  5  00 

'        Samuel  May  20000 

"        Mrs.  M  28  00 

'        John  J.  May  100  00 

"        F  100  00 

'        Nath'l  Winsor  &  Son   100  00 
'        William  S.  Eaton.  .  .     50  00 
'        Thomas  Groom  6000 

"        Charles  B.  Poor  25  00 
"        "  See  Acts  xx.  35  "..     10  00 
"        J.  W.  Paige  100  00 

'        Maguire  &  Campbell.     60  00 
'        L.  A.  Shattuck  50  00 

March  3,  J.  F.  B.  Marshall.  .  .  .     50  00 
"        Miss  Harriet  S.  Hay- 
ward.                         100  00 

"        Reuben  A.  Richards.     5000 
"        Franklin  King  50  00 

"        Lemuel  Shaw  50  00 

"        From  Minnie  &  Nelly    10  00 
"        T.  E.  M  500 

"        E.  W.  B  5  00 

"        A.  B.  Almon,  Salem.     3000 
"        George  H.  Gray  and 
Danforth                    200  00 

"        Francis  Bacon  100  00 

"        William  Ropes  100  00 

«        E.  L  10  00 

"        Hon.  Albert  Fearing.  100  00 
Hon.  Rob't  C.  Win- 
throp  50  00 

"        W.  H.  R  6  00 

"        Isaac  Thacher  100  00 

"        Elizabeth  J.  Stone...     1000 
Carried  over.  .  .  .$  34,590  00 

Carried  up  $31,26900 

80 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


March  3,  Brought  over $34,590  00 

David  W.  Hodgdon..     60  00 
"        D.  A.  Dwight  &  Co..   100  00 
William  Perkins....   100  00 
"        Robert  S.  Perkins. . .     60  00 
"        J.  W.P.Abbott,  West- 
ford 25  00 

"        William  Raymond...     1000 

March  4,  Otis  Daniel 200  00 

"        F.  Snow  &  Co 100  00 

"        Edward  O.  Banvard, 

Calais,  Maine 50  00 

"        The     Misses     Snow, 

Roxbury 200  00 

"        D.  C.,  Calais,  Maine.       5  00 

"        M 25  00 

C.  T 500 

"        Chief  Justice  Bigelow    50  00 

"        Sidney  Homer 100  00 

Mrs.  H.  S 1500 

"        Hon.  George  Morey.     60  00 
"        Mrs.  Sarah  Johnson.     50  00 

"        R.  E.Robbins 250  00 

"  A  Physician,  who 
promises  the  same 
every  Saturday  for 

five  weeks 10  00 

"        Dane,  Dana  &  Co. ...   100  00 

"        Avon  Place 30  00 

"        Little,  Brown  &  Co..  200  00 
"        Capt.  Arthur  H.Clark    2000 
Benjamin  C.  Clark. .     20  00 
Miss  Donnison,  Cam- 
bridge      50  00 

Hon.  James  Savage..  200  00 
Prof.  W.  B.  Rogers.      25  00 

William  Sprague 100  00 

Thos.  G.  Bradford...     25  00 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 

S.  Beal,  Kingston..     50  00 
George  Draper,  Hope- 
dale,  Mass 50  00 

Rev.  Dr.  George  Put- 
nam, Roxbury 100  00 

Jona.  B.  Bright,  Wal- 
tham  . .  20  00 


Andrew  Warren,  do.. 

O.  W.  Baker,  do 

Newell  Sherman,  do.. 
Marshall  Smith,  do. . 
Daniel  French,  do... . 
Dorus  Clarke,  do. . . . 
Dr.  R.  S.  Warren,  do. 

Perez  Smith,  do 

Rufus  Stickney,  do.. 
Cornelius  Irish,  do... 
Phineas  Upham,  do.. 

Wm.  Jewell,  do 

George  Lawton,  do.  . 
John  Roberts,  do. . . 


DO 

00 

00 

oo 
oo 

(H) 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
10  00 
10  00 


Carried  up $37,095  00 


March  4,  Brought  up $37,095  00 

C.  L.  Mosely,   Wal- 

tham 5  00 

"        Jarvis  Lewis,  do 2  00 

Wm.  E.  Allen,  do.. . .       3  00 

"        Federalist 30  00 

Mrs.  David  Sears.. . .   100  00 

C.  L.  F.  R 50  00 

Dr.  Wm.  W.  Morland    20  00 
"        In  a  blank  envelope. .     20  00 

Chandler  &  Co 10000 

"        J.  A.  &  W.  Bird  &  Co.     50  00 
"        Seth    Turner,     Ran- 
dolph      50  00 

"        '63 100 

"        Walter  Channing,  M. 

D 100  00 

"        Samuel  B.  Pierce  ...     50  00 

AWebfoot 1000 

A  Widow 20  00 

"        Benj.  Thaxter 50  00 

"  Anonymous,  by  the 
hands  of  J.  I.  Bow- 
ditch 150  00 

"        W.  S.  Appleton 100  00 

"  Daniel  N.  Spooner...  10000 
"  George  I'.  Parkman  .  200  00 

William  Beals 100  00 

"        Francis  B.  Hayes.. . .   100  00 

N.  B.  Gibbs 100  00 

"        Henry  B.  Rogers 500  00 

"        John  A.  Dodd  &  Co. .  100  00 

A  friend 5  00 

J.  W.  Wheelwright.     5000 

"        E.  A.  Boardman 30  00 

"        Dr.  G.  C.  Shattuck. .   100  00 

C.  C.  Gilbert 50  00 

"        David    W.  Williams, 

Roxbury 100  00 

"        Charles  Emery 20  00 

March  5,  Geo.  C.  Lord,  Newton  100  00 
Charles  H.  Lord,  do..  100  00 
Edward  W.  Lord,  do.  28  00 

H.  Williams,  do 10  00 

"        Nash,Spaulding&Co.  300  00 

A.  F.  — Salem 500 

F.  H.  M 6  00 

"  Hon.  Emory  Wash- 
burn 50  00 

"        James  Hay  ward 100  00 

"        From  Longwood ....       5  00 

S.W.Rodman 5000 

':         Anonymous 10  00 

"        John  Cormerais 2500 

"        Dr.  John  Dean 20  00 

"        J.  J.  Dixwell 50  00 

"  Mrs.  Anna  Parker...  5000 
"  Grant,  Warren  &  Co.  300  00 
"  George  R.  Russell. . .  200  00 
"  Mrs.  F.  C.  Paine 25  00 

Carried  over. . .  .$40,994  00 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


81 


March  6,  Brought  over §40,994  00 

"          Gardner,   Dexter  & 

Co 100  00 

James  Read 100  00 

Mrs.  James  Read. . .  100  00 
Augustine  Heard. . .   100  00 
"          A  little  boy,  6  years 

old,his  own  money      1  00 

"          Ellice 30  00 

Charles  W.  Parker.   100  00 

"          Joshua  Stetson 100  00 

Hon.  S.Williston,  E. 

Hampton 100  00 

"  Anonymous,  proc'ds 
of  the  sale  of  un- 
necessary silver 

plate 12  00 

E.  F.  Waters 25  00 

"          The  Misses  Newman  200  00 
"          C.  C.  Perkins,  Italy   100  00 

Curtis  &  Co 100  00 

"          Lizzie  Leland 20  00 

Edward  Motley 50  00 

"          From  three  friends  .     85  00 

"          D.  B.  Flint 50  00 

"          Charles  L.  Young. .     50  00 
"          Waldo  Majwiard. ...     50  00 

"          Francis  Bassett 100  00 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Codman    50  00 
"          Thomas  Worcester.   100  00 

"          Aunt  Betsey 5  00 

Dr.  Le  Baron  Russell    5000 
David     B.     Sewall, 

Fryeburg,  Me.  ...       6  00 
Santuit  River,  Cotuit      5  00 
March  7,  A.  A.  Lawrence,  jr., 

Brookline 50  00 

S.  W.  Vinson,  clerk      5  00 

T.  Lee 100  00 

"          John  H.  Thorndike.     50  00 
"          Mrs.  E.  Miller   and 
Charles  E.  Miller, 

Quincy 100  00 

"          Mrs.  J.  G.  Howard, 

South  Braintree. .     10  00 
"          Samuel  Gilbert,  Bos- 
ton       50  00 

"          Samuel  Gilbert,  jr., 

Dorchester 50  00 

"          George  W.  Harding, 

do 100  00 

"          W.  C.  Harding,  Rox- 

bury 100  00 

A  lady 10  00 

"  Officers  and  men  of 
the  44th  Regiment 
Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteers*  1000  00 


Carried  up $44,40800 

*  The  very  liberal  donation  of  the  44th 


March  7,  Brought  up §44,408  00 

Dana,  Farrar  &  Hyde  200  00 

Crab  Apple 6  00 

Foster  &  Taylor. ...  200  00 

Otis  Norcross 100  00 

His    Honor,   F.   W. 

Lincoln,  Jr.,  Mayor  50»00 
Hon.  J.  Z.  Goodrich  500  00 
Bigelow,  Brothers  & 

Kennard 100  00 

A  lady 10  00 

Mrs.  N.  H.  Emmons  100  00 
A    friend    in    Cam- 
bridge      20  00 

"          G.    M.,    Norfolk 

County 10  00 

March  8,  A     dictate   of  con- 
science for  the  suf- 
fering Loyalists  of 
East  Tennessee. . .  200  00 
A  friend  to  the  good 

cause 20  00 

"          Edward  D.  Peters  & 

Co 300  00 

"          Samuel  Atherton...     5000 

A.  W.  S 50  00 

"          Anonymous,     from 

Worcester 5  00 

"          Eben    C.   Stanwood 

&  Co 100  00 

"          Brewster,    Sweet  & 

Co 100  00 

"  George  N.  Hastings, 
(12  years)  E.  Cam- 
bridge   1  00 

"  Walter  H.  Whitney, 
(10  years)  E.Cam- 
bridge   1  00 


Carried  over.  .$46,530  00 


Regiment  was  accompanied  by  the  fol- 
lowing letter:  — 

"  BOSTON,  March  5, 1864. 
"  HON.  EDWARD  EVERETT  — 

"  Dear  Sir :  Through  the  liberality  of 
their  fellow-citizens,  the  Regiment  which 
I  have  the  honor  to  command,  received  a 
Regimental  Fund  of  $5000.  A  portion  of 
this  money  has  been  applied  to  the  use  of 
the  Regiment,  —  a  portion  I  retain  for  fur- 
ther need  of  the  Regiment.  Upon  consul- 
tation with  Wm.  Gray,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of 
the  fund,  and  with  my  field  officers,  and 
feeling  sure  that  it  will  meet  the  approval 
of  the  original  donors,  I  have  decided  to 
devote  $1000  to  the  relief  of  the  suffering 
loyalists  of  East  Tennessee,  which  please 
accept  in  behalf  of  the  men  and  officers  of 
the  44th  Regt.  M.  V.  M. 

"  I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"FRANCIS  L.  LEE, 
"Col.  44th  Regt. M.V.M." 


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LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


March  8,  Brought  over. . .  .$46,530  00 

"          William  Brigham. . .  50  00 

"          Robert  B.  Storer  ...  50  00 

"          "Somebody" 50  00 

W.  P.  Pierce 200  00 

P.  Anderson,  Lowell  25  00 

Jas.  W.  Walworth. .  100  00 

Isaac  Livermore. ...  50  00 

An  old  lady 50  00 

O.  H.  Sampson 25  00 

«          William  A.  Bangs..  2500 
"          J.  Dixwell  Thomp- 
son   25  00 

The  following  most  liberal  contri- 
butions to  the  fund,  to  the  amount  of 
$4,773,  were  obtained  in  Franklin  St. 
and  vicinity,  through  the  energetic  and 
disinterested  cooperation  of  Mr.  George 
H.  Braman,  of  No.  51  Franklin  St. :  — 

March  8,  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.   50000 
"          Friend  of  the  Coun- 
try   500  00 

"          Wilson,  Hamilton  & 

Co 250  00 

"          J.  C.  Burrage  &  Co.  250  00 
"          Hogg,  Brown  &  Tay- 
lor   250  00 

«  Parker, Wilder  &  Co.  240  00 
"  Denny,  Rice  &  Co. .  300  00 
"  Washburn,  Welch  & 

Carr 200  00 

"          Haughton,  Sawyer  & 

Co 200  00 

"          Almy,   Patterson   & 

Co 200  00 

"  Pierce,  Bros.  &  Co..  100  00 
"  King,  Goodridge  & 

Co 100  00 

"          Sweetzer,    Swan    & 

Blodget 100  00 

"  Burrage,  Br os.  &  Co.  100  00 
"  George  S.  Winslow 

&  Co 100  00 

"          Wilkinson,  Lamb  & 

Co 100  00 

"  J.  C.  Converse  &  Co.  100  00 
"  Anderson,  Heath  & 

Co 100  00 

"  Hill,  Danforth  &  Co.  100  00 
"  Ordway,  Tebbetts  & 

Co 100  00 

"  John  C.  Morse  &  Co.  50  00 
"  Allen,  Lane  &  Co. . .  50  00 
"  Mrs.  Isaac  Fenno. . .  50  00 
"  Thayer,  Badger  & 

Plimpton 50  00 

"          Stone,  Wood  &  Co..    50  00 
"         Woodman,     Horse- 
well  &  Co 5000 


Carried  up §51,370  00 


March  8,  Brought  up $51,370  00 

"  C.  Curry 50  00 

"  H.  E.  Wright  &  Co..  50  00 

F.  A.  Hawley  &  Co.  50  00 
"  Bliss,Whiting,Pierce 

&McKenna 50  00 

"  Clerks  at  Jordan, 

Marsh  &  Co 82  00 

"  Clerks  at  Ordway, 

Tebbetts  &  Co. ...  31  00 
"  Whitney,  Crain  & 

Marr 25  00 

"  Gross,  Daniels  &  Co.  25  00 
"  Whitten,  Burdett  & 

Young 25  00 

"  Washburn,  Foque  & 

Co 2500 

"  Sargent,  Brothers  & 

Co 2500 

"  Lewis  Coleman  &  Co.  25  00 
"  Geo.  W.  Simmons  & 

Co 2500 

"  F.  F.  Wheelock  & 

Co 2000 

N.  H.  Clark 20  00 

"  Devonshire  Street. .  10  00 

"  George  Alden 5  00 


March  9,  No.  58  Milk  Street. .     25  00 
"          Thomas  B.  Wales. .   100  00 
Levi  Bartlett  &  Co..   100  00 
"          Hon.  Stephen  Salis- 
bury, Worcester..   300  00 
"          George  C.  Richard- 

"  son 200  00 

H 2500 

J.  P.  Thorndike....   100  00 
"          A     lady    in    Berk- 
shire       10  00 

"          Edward  N.  Perkins, 

Jamaica  Plain  ...     50  00 

"          Keene 10  00 

Edward  S.  Tobey. . .  200  00 
"          Anonymous,  by  the 
hand  of  E.  S.  To- 
bey       25  00 

Ex-Gov'nor  Lincoln  100  00 
"          Gardner   Brewer   & 

Co 200  00 

Geo.  P.  Hayward  & 

Co 2500 

"          J.  C.  B.,  Lexington.     2500 

William  Dall 100  00 

"          Two  ladies  in  Rox- 

bury 20  00 

"          Miss  Henrietta  Sar- 
gent       20  00 

"          Israel  Whitney 25  00 

"          Nathan  Matthews  . .  100  00 


Carried  over . .  .$53,673  00 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


83 


March  9,  Brought  over. . .  .$53,673  00 
Walter  H.  Whitney, 
second  donation..       1  00 

M.  D 1000 

"          Proceeds  of  Mr.  Sid- 

dons's  reading. . . .   100  00 

March  10,  Mrs.  E.  D.  H 5  00 

"        Rev.  Geo.  M.  Rice, 

Westford 5  00 

"        Anonymous 10000 

"        B.S.,29BowdoinSt.     2500 
"        Citizens  of  Hallow- 
ell,  Me.,  per  Justin 

E.  Smith 203  00 

"        John  H.  Sturgis 60  00 

"        J.  P.  Preston 100  00 

"        William  F.  Matchett    25  00 
"        Lucretia  A.  R.,  Bal- 
timore. Md 5  00 

"        Drop  in  the  bucket.       6  00 
"         Soldiers' Aid  Soc'ty, 
Winthrop,  by  the 
hand  of  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Hall,  Treasurer  . .     50  00 
Samuel  G.  Ward...   100  00 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Ward..   100  00 

Benj.  Abbott 25  00 

W , 10  00 

Mrs.  H 100  00 

Mrs.  Nathan  Apple- 
ton 100  00 

"        Hon. Richard  Fletch- 
er   100  00 

"        H.  E.  J 5  00 

"        Mrs.   Judge    Put- 
nam*      30  00 

J.  M.Forbes 250  00 

"        Hon.  James  Arnold, 

New  Bedford 500  00 

"        E.  S.  Dixwell 20  00 

Hon.  David  Sears. .   150  00 
"        A  Teacher 200 

The  following  sums  were  remitted 
by  Rev.  C.  H.  Brigham,  being,  with 
the  exception  of  the  donation  of  Mr. 
Baylies,  contributed  by  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Taunton  :  t 

Samuel  B.  King 10000 

Theodore  Dean 100  00 

Edmund  Baylies 100  00 

Mrs.  George  A.  Crocker 50  00 

Timothy  Gordon 50  00 

Carried  up $56,24900 

*  This  venerable  lady  contributed  by 
her  needle-work  over  a  hundred  dollars 
to  the  fair  of  the  Sanitary  Commission. 

t  The  liberal  contribution  from  the 
First  Congregational  Society  in  Taunton 
\flas  announced  in  a  letter  from  its  pastor, 


Brought  up 556,249  00 

Francis  B.  Dean 50  00 

Joseph  Dean 50  00 

Artemas  Briggs 50  00 

Sy  Ivanus  N.  Staples 50  00 

Allen  Presbrey 25  00 

I  Charles  R.  Atwood 2500 

I  Charles  Robinson 25  00 

Enoch  Robinson 25  00 

William  Brewster 25  00 

;  Le  Baron  B.  Church 2500 

Jesge  Hartshorn 20  00 

A.  King  Williams 20  00 

James  Henry  Sproat 20  00 

Nathan  A  Skinner 20  00 

Charles  H.  Brigham 20  00 

Samuel  O.  Dunbar 1000 

Henry  C.  Perry 1000 

Edwin  Keith 1000 

C.  W.  Sproat  and  W.  E.  Fuller  7  00 

Billings  T.  Presbrey 5  00 

James  P.  Ellis 5  00 

Mrs.  G.  L.  Macomber 6  00 

Wm.  T.  Crandell 200 

Mrs.  G.  C.  Converse. . .  1  00 


March  10,  Mrs.  J.  W 2500 

"        Chas.  Hickling,  Rox- 

bury 50  00 

"        A   "  mite-y  man  of 

Salem" 10  00 

Lawton 10  00 

Two  ladies 22  00 

D.  W.  H 25  00 

Hartley,  Lord  &  Co.  100  00 
George     T.      Rice, 

Worcester 100  00 

March  11,  A  Son  of  Massachu- 
setts, Charlestown, 

N.  H 5  00 

"        F.  Nickerson  &  Co. .  100  00 
"        Rev.  Dr.  S.  K.  Loth- 

rop 1000 

Carried  over... $57,211  00 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Brigham,  from  which, 
without  his  permission,  I  venture  to  make 
an  extract,  for  the  sake  of  showing  the 
noble  spirit  that  animates  that  commu- 
nity: — 

"  TAUNTON,  March  9th,  1864. 
,  "  DEAR  SIR,  —  On  Sunday  last,  accord- 
ing to  the  suggestion  of  your  circular  ad- 
dress, I  called  the  attention  of  my  people,  f 
in  a  special  sermon,  to  the  sufferings  of 
the  Patriots  in  East  Tennessee,  and  asked 
for  their  offerings.  In  two  days  I  have  re- 
ceived $740,  which  will  probably  become 
$800  or  $900,  as  the  smaller  subscriptions 
come  in.  This  is  from  my  own  congrega- 
tion." 


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LIST   OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


March  11,  Brought  over. . .  .§57,211  00 

M.  W 6  00 

"  Citizens  of  Amherst, 
N.  H.,  by  the 
hands  of  B.  B. 

David 282  00 

"        Master  Henry  Eliot 

Babcock  6  00 

"        James  C.  Ward,  Nor- 

thampton 25  00 

"        P.  Holmes,  Kingston  100  00 
"        Wm.  S.  Adams,  do..  100.00 

"        Sabin  &  Page 30  00 

"  Mrs.  D.  C ,  Lan- 
caster, Mass 10  00 

"        Milton  Railway 2  00 

"        A  friend 600 

"        Mrs.  J.  Gardner. ...     50  00 

"        "Brighton" 100  00 

"  Wm.  Knowlton,  Up- 
ton    100  00 

"        Franklin  Haven. ...  100  00 
"        Proprietors    of    the 
"  Christian  Exam- 
iner " 20  00 

"        George  Allen 60  00 

"  Boston  Boy,  —  the 
same  who  gave  the 
donation  on  the  12th 

Feb 10  00 

"        Mrs.  Abbott 2500 

"        Tremont 60  00 

"        Peter  Smith,  Ando- 

ver,  Mass 100  00 

"        Two  sisters,  M.  &  A.      6  00 

March  12,  Edwin  Upton 50  00 

"  Francis  Draper,  Cam- 
bridge   50  00 

"        Alpheus   Hardy   & 

Co 100  00 

"        Webster  &  Co 100  00 

"        Sampson  Reed 5000 

A.  H 20  00 

"        Reed,  Cutler  &  Co.    100  00 

"        Anonymous 25  00 

"        E.B.Welch 6000 

"  The  Centre  Church 
in  Haverhill,  by 
the  hand  of  Rev. 

Mr.  Munger 286  00 

"        D.  H.  B 800 

"        Anonymous 40  00 

"        E.  H 25  00 

"  Edward  Warren,  M. 
D.,  Newton  Lower 

Falls 2500 

"        Physician's     second 

week's  donation . .  10  00 
"  Currier  &Greeley..  10000 
"  A  friend 1000 

Carried  up....  $59,434  00 


Brought  up ....  $59,434  00 
March  12,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Codman, 

Brookline 50  00 

W.  T 600 

"        First  Church  in  Taun- 

ton,  additional.. . .     65  00 

March  14,  A 600 

"  Rev.  Dr.  C.  A.  Bar- 
tol,  a  second  dona- 
tion of 50  00 

"        Mrs.  Nancy  White. .     50  00 

"        A  school-boy 1  00 

"        George  Hews 25  00 

C.  Ellis,  M.  D 6000 

"        E.  H.  Eldredge  ....  100  00 

"        Rolfe  Eldredge 50  00 

"  The  venerable  Presi- 
dent Quincy 100  00 

"        Anonymous 25  00 

Ditto 25  00 

"        Wm.  M.  Byrnes.. . .     20  00 

"        G.  Rogers 20  00 

"        Isaac  F  Dobson....   100  00 

"        Cash 2000 

"        J.  W.  B 6000 

"        S.  E.  P 50  00 

R.  D.  R 6000 

"        F.  C 50  00 

W.  T.  G 5000 

«        P.  S.  C 2500 

"        Cash 2000 

"        W.  P.,jr 2500 

"        Francis  Peabody...  10000 

Cash 500 

W.  Amory 100  00 

Cash 25  00 

J .  P.  Gardner 50  00 

J.  D.  Bates 50  00 

Cash 2500 

Ditto 25  00 

Ditto 100  00 

G.  M.Barnard 100  00 

T.  Quincy  Browne.  60  00 
Iasigi,Goddard&Co.  300  00 
Miss  M.  G.  Loring. .  50  00 

O 2  00 

Waldo  Flint 50  00 

A  friend  to  the  suf- 
fering       10  00 

A  little  girl 1  00 

Anonymous 10  00 

Mrs.  Tyler  Bigelow, 

Watertown 100  00 

"        Mrs.Theodore  Chase    50  00 

March  16,  Anonymous 10  00 

"  A  lady  of  Bridge- 
water 5  00 

"  A.  Bummer,  Cam- 
bridge    6  00 

W.  P.  H.,  Cambridge      1  00 


Carried  over. . .  $61,739  09 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


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Brought  over $61,739  00  | 

March  15,  Mary  Leary,  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  now  of  West 

Newton 2  00 

"        Dabney  &  Cunning- 
ham       50  00 

"        From  a  lady  in  New 

Hampshire 100  00 

A  friend 25  00 

G.  Race 10  00 

A  poor  old  Duster. .       2  00 

J.  R.  H 100  00 

*  Unitarian    Society 
at  Watertown 415  60 

The  following  sums  were  contrib- 
uted by  the  pupils  of  Mr.  T.  Prentiss 
Allen's  School,  New  Bedford  t :  — 


M.  Morris  Howland.. 

A.  Thornton 

E.  Allen  . 


2  00 
2  00 
2  00 


Carried  up §62,449  60 

*  The  contribution  from  the  Unitarian 
Society  at  Watertown  was  accompanied 
by  the  following  letter  from  its  Pastor:  — 

"  WATERTOWK,  14th  March,  1864. 

"  DEAR  SIR,  —  Please  devote  the  en- 
closed contribution  from  the  Unitarian 
Society  in  this  place  to  the  sufferers  in 
East  Tennessee. 

"  This  society  is  the  representative  of  the 
old  territorial  parish,  which  was  founded 
in  the  summer  of  1630,  with  Rev.  George 
Phillips  for  Pastor.  But  the  original  ter- 
ritory has  shrunken  to  a  little  town,  which 
was  lately  still  further  reduced  by  the 
scission  of  that  portion  now  called  Bel- 
mont,  and  the  population  of  Watertown 
is  now  shared  by  four  other  societies  be- 
sides our  own. 

"  This  contribution  would  have  been 
larger  if  several  of  my  parishioners  had 
not  already  liberally  subscribed  at  their 
places  of  business  in  Boston. 
.  "  But  accept  the  offering  made  at  the 
close  of  service  last  Sunday,  for  brothers 
who  suffer  for  their  dear  country's  cause 
and  glory. 

"1  am  very  respectfully  yours, 
[Signed]  "J.  WEISS." 

t  The  subscription  paper  at  Mr.  Allen's 
school  had  the  following  caption :  — 

"  The  loyal  boys  of  Massachusetts  to 
the  loyal  boys  of  Tennessee  send  greet- 
ing: Having  heard  through  Col.  Taylor 
of  the  hardships  and  the  privations  that 
you  have  endured,  while  your  fathers  and 
our  fathers  have  been  struggling  side  by 
side,  for  the  support  of  the  Union  cause 
and  in  defence  of  liberty,  and  feeling  that, 
although  remotely  situated,  we  are  broth- 

8 


Brought  up $62,449  60 

Walter  Clifford 2  00 

G.  Willis 2  00 

R.  Coggeshall 1  00 

Arthur  Clifford 2  00 

P.  R.  Almy 1  00 

B.  R.  Tucker 100 

W.  A.  Bartlett 1  00 

G.  F.  Tucker 1  00 

A.G.Swift 200 

Horace  Wood 1  00 

E.  C.  Dubois 1  00 

E.D.Antony 100 

E.  F.  Tucker 1  00 

W.  Almy 200 

C.  Almy 1  00 

J.  Stoddard 10  00 

E.  Gordon 1  00 

H.  Swift 2  00 

F.  Swift 1  00 

Morgan  Rotch 2  00 

John  B.  Gerrish 2  00 

James  H.  Harris 5  00 

W.  M.  Thomp 1  00 

H.  B.  Stone 200 

J.  R.  Chapman 2  00 

Charles  Almy 1  00 

Henry  A.  Delano 1  00 

D.  L.  Parker :  1  00 

J.Frank  Perry 1  00 

R.  G.  N.  Swift 1  00 

S.  R.  Potter 300 

J.  C.  Tripp 1  00 

Willard  Nye,  jr 100 

J.  N.  Faulkner 2  00 

C.  N.  Swift 1  00- 

The  Master  of  the  School  . .  8  00< 


March  15,  Jona.  Howland,  New 

Bedford 50  00 

"  Capt.  Latham  Croos, 

do 50  00 

"  W.  R.  Austin,  Dor- 
chester    25  00 

"  From  a  boy,  his  own 

money 4  00 

"        A  little  girl,  L.  S.  . .       3  00 

Carried  over  . . .  .$62,650  60 

ers  and  have  a  united  interest  in  the  pros- 
perity of  our  glorious  country,  we  wish  to 
manifest  to  you  our  sympathy ;  and  as  we 
have  been  prosperous  while  you  have  been 
suffering,  we  wish  to  send  you  a  trifle  from 
our  abundance.  Accept  then  these  con- 
tributions from  our  own  private  stores, 
and  be  assured  we  are  happy  to  do  our 
part  toward  relieving  your  wants  and  en- 
couraging you  to  hold  out,  until  better 
days  shall  come,  as  we  hope  they  will 
soon  come  to  you." 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over $62,650  60 

March  15,  Congregational    Ch. 
in  Shrewsb'y,  from 
'  the    Pastor,    Rev. 

Wm.  McGinley. . .  63  50 

«        E.  H 1  00 

P.  A.  Gay 5000 

"        N.  G.  Hanson 50  00 

"        First       Evangelical 
Cong'gational  Ch. 

in  Cambridgeport.  234  92 

March  16,  A.  L 5  00 

"        Sympathizer 500 

"        Joseph  Willard 25  00 

J.  K.  P 6  00 

"        Two  ladies  of  North- 
borough 20  00 

"  Mrs.  Deborah  Pow- 
ers, Lansinb'rg,  N". 
Y.,  remitted  by  D. 
Powers  &  Sons...  500  00 
"  Rev.  S.  M.  Worces- 
ter, Salem 10  00 

Sophy  Hayes 20  00 

"        Hon.  Jno.  H.Clifford, 

New  Bedford  ....  100  00 

A  lady 1000 

"        Edward  Page 50  00 

W.  C.  Cabot 26  00 

W.  &R 100  00 

Mrs.  Gam'l  Bradford  50  00 
George  P.  Bradford.  500 
Samuel  May,  jr.,  Lei- 
cester    10  00 

"        William   B.  Howes, 

Salem 100  00 

«        A.  C 60  00 

"        Amos  Cummings ...  50  00 
"        Two  ladies  in  Cam- 
bridge   1000 

F.  Vinton 600 

March  17,  A  Little  Help 20  00 

"        Claire    A.  L.    Rice, 

Danvers  Centre..  6  00 

«        F.  &C 200 

"        Benj.  B.  Howard  ...  50  00 
"        Dorr,  Parks  &  Co.. .  75  00 
"        Citizens  of  Barnsta- 
ble,  forwarded  by 
the  Selectmen  ...  338  00 
"        Centre  Street,  Dor- 
chester   20  00 

"        J.   H.  Ward 100  00 

"        Walter  Aiken, 

Franklin,  N.  H...  10  00 

"        N.  P.  G.,  a  little  girl  5  00 

Cash 10  00 

"        Osborn  Howes 100  00 

»        MissM.  E.  Davis  ..  10  00 

"        Samuel  T.  Morse..  2500 


Carried  up....  $64,965  02 


Brought  up $64,965  02 

March  17,  J.     Amory   Davis, 

Dorchester 100  00 

"  Edward  Russell,  do  50  00 
"  H.  I.  Nazro,  do  25  00 
"  Seth  Pettee,  do  10  00 
"  F.  W.  G.  May,  do  10  00 
"  G.  M.  Weymouth,  do  6  00 
March  18,  Joseph  A.  White  . .  50  00 

P 3  00 

F.  N.  P 5  00 

"  Miss  Arabella  Rice, 
Portsmouth,  N. 

H 500  00 

"        Benjamin  Emerson, 

Pittsfield,  N.  H...       5  00 
"        Ebenezer  Collamore, 

Charlestown 50  00 

"        A.  B.  Berlin 6  00 

"        George  May 100  00 

"        Daniels,   Kendall  & 

Co 100  00 

"  From  the  friends  of 
the  sufferers  in 
East  Tennessee, 

Eastport,  Me 140  00 

"        R.      R.      Endicott, 

Beverly 25  00 

"        Ira  E.  Gray 20  00 

March  1 9,  Proceeds  of  a  vocal 
and  instrumental 
concert  at  Plym- 
outh    58  00 

Q.  H.  D.'s 1000 

"        Oliver  Prescott,  New 

Bedford 50  00 

"  Shawmut  Sabbath 
School,  by  the 
hands  of  Wm.  T. 
Shapleigh,  Treas- 
urer    119  77 

"  The  Physician's 
third  week's  sub- 
scription    10  00 

"        S.  A 6  00 

"        J.  F 5  00 

"        P.  D.  W 5  00 

"        B.  B 5  00 

J.  D.  R 5  00 

L.   S.  C 5  00 

J.  A.   T 6  00 

C.  T.  F 5  00 

R.   M 5  00 

L.  L 5  00 

S.  H 5  00 

Wm.  J.  Rotch,  New 

Bedford 100  00 

Lyman  Tiffany 100  00 

J.     P.     Faulkner, 
North  Billerica...     25  00 


Carried  over  . . .  .$66,695  79 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


87 


Brought  over $66,695  79 

March  19,  John  Perley,  Salem.     80  00 

"  Mrs.  Persis  K.  Park- 
hurst,  Templeton, 

Mass 11  00 

March  21,  Martha  Hooper  Lee    50  00 

"        Miss  Abigail  Locke, 

Templeton 25  00 

A  friend 20  00 

L.  M 1000 

W.  B.  E 500 

W.     C.     Tenney, 
Marlborough, 
Mass 50  00 

"  D.  Denny  Rice, 
(aged  7  years) 
Roxbury 1  21 

"        L.andC.  —  two  little 

boys  — $1  50  each      3  00 

"  John  Bartlett,  Cam- 
bridge   2000 

"  Citizens  of  Lexing- 
ton, —  chiefly  the 
product  of  a  col- 
lection taken  in 
the  First  Parish 
Church,  — by  the 
hands  of  L.  J. 
Livermore 281  25 

"        R.  B.  Forbes 100  00 

"  Proceeds  of  an  ama- 
teur concert  given 
March  19th,  at 
Messrs.  Chicker- 
ing's  Rooms  which 
were  generously 
offered  for  the  occa- 
sion, by  the  hands 
ofDr.D.  D.  Slade  600  00 

"  Collection  taken  in 
the  First  Church 
in  Abington,  re- 
mitted by  Rev.  F. 
R.  Abbe 70  00 

"  Collection  taken  in 
the  Shepard  Con- 
gregational Soci- 
ety, Cambridge, 
remitted  by  S.  T. 
Farwell 165  50 

"        Additional  from  the 
1st  Evang.     Con- 
gregational Ch.  at 
Cambridgeport.  . .     12  00 
George  H.  Kuhn  ...   100  00 

S.  F.  Jenkins 100  00 

A.  S.  Woodworth  .     25  00 
March  22,  Teachers  and  pupils 
of   the    Berkshire 
Family  School,  at 


Brought  up $68,374  75 

Stockbridge,  from 
the  Principal,  Fer- 
dinand Hoffman..     67  50 
March  22,  W.  Chadbourne  ...   100  00 

"        A    few   Citizens   of 

Danvers 178  00 

"        AllenGannett,  Lynn- 
field  2  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  dra- 
matic exhibition 
and  concert  given 
by  the  young  la- 
dies and  gentlemen 
connected  with  the 
Mayflower  Divis- 
ion, No.  33,  S.  of 
T.  of  Province- 
town,  Mass.,  re- 
i  mitted  by  James 

Gifford 100  00 


E. 


5  00 
67  00 
50  00 


Carried  up $68,374  75 


Several  young  ladies 

Elmer  Townsend  . . 

Collection  taken  at 
Trinity  Church  on 
Sunday  last,  (in- 
cluding a  check  for 
$200,  from  H.  W. 
Sargent,  Esq.,  of 
the  State  of  New 
York),  by  the 
hands  of  the  Sen- 
ior Warden  of  the 
Church 385  00 

Shepard  Congrega- 
tional Society  of 
Cambridge,  addi- 
tional    30  00 

"A  Graft  of  the  Brok- 
ers' Board" 50  00 

Anonymous 5  00 

Jonathan  Bourne,  jr. 
New  Bedford 100  00 

E.  J 20  00 

A  little  girl 5  00 

Collection  taken  in 
the  First  Congre- 
gational Society  of 
Royalston,  remit- 
ted by  Hon.George 
Whitney 60  00 

Citizens  of  Plym- 
outh, through  An- 
drew L.  Russell, 
Esq.  (this  is  in  ad- 
dition to  the  $58 
received  from  Ply- 
mouth on  the  19th, 
making  in  all  $700)  642  00 

Carried  over....  $70,241  25 


88 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over. . .  .$70,241  25 
March  22,  From  the  ladies  and 
gentle'n  of  Brook- 
line,  remitted  by 
J.  Murray  Howe, 
Esq 437  00 

"  Collections  made  at 
the  Unitarian,  Or- 
thodox, and  Uni- 
yersalist  Societies 
in  W.  Cambridge, 
—  in  addition  to 
$200  from  J.  Field 
and  $100  from  G. 
H.  Gray,  previous- 
ly acknowledged  466  66 

"  *George  F.  Bartlett, 
New  Bedford,  six 
Eng.  sovereigns, 

valued  at 43  00 

March  23,  Baptist  Church  in 
Sharon,  by  the 
hands  of  Mr.  C. 
D.  Hixon 14  10 

"        A  lady  in  Salem...     50  00 

"  Hon.  Samuel  Hoop- 
er, Washington . .  200  00 

"  The  family  of  C. 
Lord,  Buckland, 
Mass 6  10 

"  C.  M.  Owen,  Stock- 
bridge 50  00 

"        Simeon    N.    Perry, 

Walpole,  N.  H. . . .     30  00 

"        F.  A.  Sawyer 60  00 


Carried  up....  $71,588  01 

*  Mr  Bartlett's  donation  was  accom- 
panied by  the  following  interesting  letter 
to  Mr.  Everett:  — 

"  NEW  BEDFORD,  March  21, 1864. 
"  DEAR  SIR, —  In  response  to  Colonel 
Taylor's  touching  appeal,  in  behalf  of  our 
suffering  loyal  brethren  in  East  Tennes- 
see, I  cheerfully  part  with  the  ONLY 
thing  saved  from  the  whaleship  '  Lafay- 
ette,' burned  by  the  Pirate  '  Alabama,' 
April  15th,  1863,  off  Fernando  de  Noron- 
ha,  and  enclose  the  same  to  you  here- 
with, viz.  (6)  Six  English  sovereigns, 
worth  about  forty-three  dollars.  Capt. 
Lewis  was  fortunately  on  shore  with  this 
gold  to  purchase  stores,  when  Captain 
Semmes  steamed  around  the  island  [and 
burned  his  ship.  I  will  regard  it  as  a 
forced  contribution  from  Capt.  Semmes, 
in  the  name  of  the  immortal  Lafayette, 
who  loved  our  country  and  its  Father, 
and  I  am  most  happy  in  being  able  to 
make  so  worthy  a  bestowal  of  it. 

"  Yours  respectfully, 
[Signed.]        "  GEORGE  F.  BARTLETT." 


Brought  up $71,588  01 

March  23,  Two  "  contrabands  " 
by  the  hands  of 
B.  A.  Nutt,  Cam- 
bridge   5  00 

March  24,  "  A  Slice  from  our 

Daily  Bread" 5  00 

"         From     Berlin    "and 

Longwood 75  00 

"  The  Young  Ladies 
Soldiers'  Aid  So- 
ciety of  Nashua, 
remitted  by  Miss 
KateM.  Thayer. .  5000 

"  Members  of  the 
Boston  Corn  Ex- 
change  113000 

"  Geo.  F.  Hoar,  Wor- 
cester   50  00 

March  25,  Benj.  Snow,  Fitch- 
burg 50  00 

"  A  few  contributors 
in  Stockbridge, 
received  through 
Mr.  Ferdinand 
Hoffman  50  00 

"  First  Congregational 
Church  and  Soci- 
ety of  Calais,  Me., 
by  Rev.  Mr.  S.  H. 
Keeler 100  00 

"  Monument  Church, 
South  Deerfield, 
Mass.,  by  Rev. 
David  A.  Strong.  10  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  morn- 
ing concert  in 
Mt.  Vernon  Street  260  00 

"  Citizens  of  Barn- 
stable,  —  an  addi- 
tional contribu- 
tion, through  their 
Selectmen 54  50 

"         Arthur  Wilkinson..   10000 
William   Phillips   & 

Son,  New  Bedford    75  00 
Mrs.  Chs.  K.  Cobb..     50  00 

"  L.  C.  &  E.,  Charles- 
town 30  00 

"  Collection  made  in 
Rev.  Dr.  James 
W.  Thompson's 
Church,  at  Jamai- 
ca Plain 506  44 

"        #Collection  made  in 

Carried  over $74,188  95 

*  The  donation  from  Chelsea  was  ac- 
companied by  the  following  letter:  — 

"  CHELSEA,  March  25, 1864. 
"  DEAR  SIR, — We  have  been  very  much 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


89 


Brought  over $74,188  95 

Chelsea  by  three 

school-girls 45  00 

March  26,  Hon.  Joseph   Grin- 

nell,  New  Bedford  100  00 
H.  C 6  00 

"  First  Church  in  Box- 
ford,  by  W.  C. 
Kimball 107  25 

"        Alex.  Strong  &  Co.  100  00 

"         Stone  &  Downer....  100  00 

"  Marlborough,  col- 
lected by  Rev.  G. 

N.  Anthony 304  65 

M.  H.  G 500 

"        Anonymous 1  00 

"         H.  A.  A.,  in  Memo- 

riam,  NewBedford    10  00 
The         Physician's 
fourth  week's  sub- 
scription      10  00 

"  Proceeds  of  Second 
Readings  by  Mr. 
Siddons  and  Miss 
Cameron 75  00 

"  H.  K.  F.,  Charles- 
town 25  00 

"  R.  M.  Mason,  re- 
mitted from  Paris  200  00 

"  Anonymous,  in  ad- 
dition to  a  former 
donation  of  $200..  10000 


Carried  up $75,376  85 

interested  in  the  patriotic  people  of  East 
Tennessee,  and  not  being  able  to  aid  them 
with  money,  we  thought  we  perhaps 
might  do  so  by  devoting  to  them  our 
leisure  time,  of  which  we  had  only  our 
afternoons,  as  we  are  school-girls  and 
have  many  lessons  to  learn.  We  have 
been  from  house  to  house  in  the  little 
town  of  Chelsea,  which  is  far  from  rich, 
with  a  subscription  paper,  asking  from 
each  person  the  small  sum  of  ten  or  fifteen 
cents.  The  enclosed  is  the  result  of  our 
efforts.  It  might  be  a  comforting  thought 
to  the  suffering  Tennesseeans  if  they 
could  know  how  generous  and  interested 
even  the  poorest  people  have  been  in 
their  cause.  One  poor  old  woman  gave 
all  the  money  she  had  (seven  cents)  with 
the  earnest  wish  that  it  was  a  great  deal 
more,  and  that  it  might  also  do  a  little 
good. 

"  Hoping  that  this  may  bring  half  as 
much  comfort  to  some  hungry  Tenncs- 
seean  as  we  have  had  pleasure  in  collect- 
ing it.  we  are, 

"  Very  Respectfully, 

"C.  L.  E. 
"  M.  S.  E. 
"  H.  E.  D." 

8* 


Brought  up $75,376  85 

March  26,  Hancock  St.  Church, 
Quincy,  collected 
at  a  Prayer  Meet- 
ing, by  Rev.  Mr. 

Thwing 26  15 

"        E.  H 20  00 

"        M.  P.  Grant 30  00 

"        A  sailor 6  00 

Old  North  End 10  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  little 
girls'  fair  near  Ply- 
mouth Rock,  re- 
mitted by  B.  W. 

Watson 13  00 

"  E.  P.  Tileston,  Dor- 
chester   100  00 

"        Samuel  Downer,  do.    50  00 

"        Joseph  Dix,  do 25  00 

"        Lothrop  &  Moseley, 

do 20  00 

"        William  W.   Paige, 

do 10  00 

"        Daniel  B.  Stedman 

&Co.  do 2000 

"  John  Preston,  do. . .  10  00 
"  Wm.  L.  Clark,  do..  10  00 
"  William  B.  Newbu- 

ry,  do 10  00 

"  Robt.  L.  Living,  do.  5  00 
"  Edward  Jarvis,  M. 

D.,  do 6  00 

"  Alex.B.Wheeler.do.  600 
"  Palmers  &  Bachel- 

ders, 100  00 

"        Henry  C.  Rand,  N. 

Cambridge 25  00 

"        Collection  taken  in 
the  Lawrence  St. 
Congregational 
Ch.,  Lawrence,  re- 
mitted by   C.   A. 

Colby 170  00 

"  Collection  taken  in 
the  Central  Ch., 
Lynn,  remitted  by 

P.  O.  Knapp 132  03 

"  From  the  ladies  and 
gentlemen  of  the 
private  theatricals 
in  Chickering's 

Hall 732  00 

March  29,  A  friend 5000 

"  Collections  in  Stock- 
bridge,  Massachu- 
setts, made  by  R. 

B.  Craig Ill  00 

"        Anonymous 8  00 

Arpil  1,  A  Law  Student  at 
Cambridge,  being 


Carried  over $77,079  03 


90 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over. . .  $77,079  03 
one  half  of  all  he 

has 2  00 

April  1,    E.  P.  H 10  00 

"          Dr.    Daniel    Swan, 

Medford 100  00 

"          The  Misses  Welles..  200  00 

"          Henry  Edwards. ...     50  00 

"          Elijah        Bardwell, 

Hadley 500 

"          Frederic  Clapp 3  00 

S.  H.  H 5  00 

"  Anonymous,  Wor- 
cester   3  00 

"  John  Russell,  Green- 
field   100  00 

"          Anonymous 100 

"          Avon  Place,  second 

donation 20  00 

"          F.  Peirce  &  Co 100  00 

"          Mrs.  Betsey  S.  Beal, 

Kingston 1000 

"  Congregational  Ch. 
and  Soc.  at  West 
Boylston,  by  Rev. 
J.  H.  Fitts 2900 

"  Amount  given  at  St. 
Paul's  Church  on 
Easter  Sunday...  5000 

«          Abraham  Barker. . .     50  00 

"  "  Acts  llth  chapter, 
26th  and  27th 
verses  " 20  00 

"  Collection  made  in 
the  Greenville  Bap- 
tist Church  and 
Society,  by  Rev. 
N.  P.  Cooke, 44  56 

"          Central  Ch.,  Lynn, 

additional 10  00 

"          George  A.  Newell..     5000 

"         Baptist    Society    in 

Royalston 25  00 

"  Francis  Chase,  Roy- 
alston    1  00 

"  General  John  S.  Ty- 
ler   5000 

"          The  Misses  Baldwin, 

Dorchester 60  00 

"  Master  Charles  L.  B. 
Whitney,  prize  for 
excellence  in  dec- 
lamation, Spring- 
field, Mass 3  00 

"          William  A.  Wheeler, 

Dorchester 3  00 

"  Congregational  Ch. 
and  Soc.  at  Mat- 
tapoisett,  Mass. . .  42  32 

"          A  friend 6  00 

Carried  up $78,130  91 


Brought  up $78,130  91 

April  1,    H.  B.  Pearson 50  00 

"          A  Boston  minister. .     25  00 
"          Edward    C.    Jones, 

New  Bedford  ....  100  00 
"  "A  little  more  help  "  40  00 
"  The  following  offi- 
cers of  the  cus- 
toms in  Boston,  $5 
each,  viz.:  — R.  C. 
Nichols,  Wm.  H. 
Gorham,  N.  H. 
Whitney,  C.  Jud- 
son,  Jos.  0.  Cole, 
M.  Eggleston,  O. 
Nichols,  P.  F.  Wil- 
liston,  Henrv  Lor- 
ing,  C.  C.  Wood- 
man    60  00 

April  2,    Collection  at  a  meet- 
ing in  Somerville      14  60 
A.  M.  H.,  "  all  she 

had" 1  00 

Arthur  Searle 30  00 

"  Samuel  Johnson,  his 
second  contribu- 
tion   100  00 

"          A.  S.,  Salem 20  00 

"  To  fulfil  the  inten- 
tions of  one  lately 
deceased,  Salem . .  10  00 
"  From  D.  H.  Rogan, 
Greenfield,  Mass., 
being  the  contri- 
bution of  an  East 
Tennessee  Refu- 
gee, and  a  few  of 

his  friends 12  00 

H 500 

"          D.  R.  Greene,  New 

Bedford 100  00 

S.  R.  M 50  00 

Pupils  in  the  Adams 
School  at  Dorches- 
ter   5000 


April  4, 


1  00 


10  00 
2  00 


"  Unknown  " 

"A  friend,"  with  a 
poetical  dedication 

Mrs.  R.  P.,  of  Salem 

ThePhysician's  fifth 
week's  subscrip- 
tion   10  00 

1st  Trinitarian  Con- 
gregational Ch.  at 
Maiden 35  00 

S 5000 

A.  A.  T 30  00 

The  officers  of  the 
20th  Regiment  of 
Mass.  Volunteers, 

Carried  over  . . .  .$78,926  51 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


91 


Brought  over. . . . $78,926  51 
by    the  hands    of 
Col.    Francis   W. 

Palfrey 125  00 

April  4,    A        Massachusetts 

family.now  abroad  300  00 
John  B.  Taft,  Dor- 
chester      20  00 

"  Wm.  H.  Bangs,  do.  15  00 
"  Henry  G.  Denny ,do.  10  00 
"  Eobert  Johnson,  do.  10  00 

"          Charles  Hunt,  do 10  00 

"  Thomas  J.  Allen,  do.  10  00 
"  A.  H.Stevens,  do...  1000 
"  R.  &  C.  B.  Minot,  do.  500 
"  Jno.  G.  Wood,  do....  2  00 

"          Enos  How,  do 1  00 

April  5,    Three  little  sisters..      3  00 
"          Easter  offering  in  the 
Church     of     the 
Disciples,  Indiana 
Place,  Boston....  241  43 
"          From  Bernardstown, 
Mass.,  by  Alman 
Newcomb,  Esq...     90  00 

"          A  friend 30  00 

Mrs.  Maria  F. Say les  500  00 
"  The  Teachers  and 
Scholars  of  the 
Unitarian  Sabbath 
School,  Glouces- 
ter, Mass 30  00 

"  G.  W.  Messinger, 
Esq.,  being  his  sal- 
ary for  the  year  as 
Treasurer  of  First 
Church,  Boston..  5000 
"  Saml.  Frothingham, 

second  donation  . .  100  00 
"          A  friend  in   Stock- 
bridge,  additional.     10  00 

April  6,    G.  H 10  00 

F.  &A 1200 

"          A  friend  in  Newton 

Centre 1000 

"          Second  Parish  Sab- 
bath School,  Am- 

herst 2000 

"          Citizens  of  Auburn, 

Mass 73  25 

"          Mrs.        McBurney 

Roxbury 5000 

"          Collected    by    four 
little  girls  at  Fal- 

mouth 15  45 

April  7,    Congregational  Par- 
ish in  Southfield...    42  90 
*His  Excellency,  J. 
L.     Motley,    Jr., 

Carried  up.... $80,732  54 
*  Mr.  Motley,  in  the  letter  of  22d  of 


Brought  up $80,732  54 

Minister    of     the 
United    States    at 

Vienna 200  00 

April  7,    R.,  from  Providence, 

R.  1 100  00 

"          M.  A.  R., 3  00 

"  No  Shirk," 6  00 

"          Frederick  Taber,  . .       6  00 

H.  J.  R 20  00 

Collection  at  the 
Church  in  Hous- 
atonic,  Mass.,  by 
Rev.  Josiah  Brew- 
er, Pastor 16  00 

"  Collection  in  the 
Parish  of  St.  An- 
drews, Hanover, 
by  Rev.  Samuel 
Cutler,  Rector  ...  46  00 

"          "A  Party  Hack"..       1  50 

"          Federalist 10  00 

April  8,    A   friend   in  Kings- 
ton, Mass 20  00 

"          Mrs.  A.,  Worcester, 

Mass 6  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  mas- 
querade in  Cam- 
bridge   150  00 

"          F.,  Portsmouth,  N. 

H 2000 

"          P.  F.,Beverly,  Mass.     20  00 
April  9,    From      a      "  River 

town" 10  00 

"          C 10  00 

"  Congregational  So- 
ciety of  Milford, 
by  Rev.  A.  A.  Ells- 
worth, Pastor 45  00 

L 150  00 

"          Rev.  R.  M.  Hodges, 

Cambridge 100  00 

"  Proceeds  of  an  enter- 
tainment given  un- 


Carried  over $81,670  04 

March,  containing  his  liberal  remittance, 
writes :  — 

"  I  enclose  a  check  for  $200,  and  I  wish 
that  it  was  in  my  power  to  send  a  much 
larger  sum.  When,  in  after  days,  the 
history  of  this  unexampled  insurrection 
against  Liberty  comes  to  be  written,  there 
will  be  few  episodes  more  moving  or 
more  instructive  than  the  record  of  those 
Tennesseeans  who  have  so  long  sustained 
the  Republic  and  its  principles,  amid 
such  trial  and  at  such  sacrifices.  Cer- 
tainly it  is  no  charity  on  our  part  to  assist 
them,  but  a  sacred  duty,  which  I  am 
sure  that  all  will  fulfil  in  proportion  to 
their  means.'1 


92 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over. . .  .$81,670  04 
der  the  auspices  of 
the  Teachers'  As- 
sociation in  Music 
Hall,  on  the  24th 

March 135  00 

April  9,  Proceeds  of  a  Juve- 
nile Concert  at 
Williams  Hall....  1200 

"          "Roxbury" 2  00 

"  "  Impecuniosus," 

Baltimore 5  00 

"  Hon.  Ichabod  Good- 
win of  Portsmouth, 
from  the  estate  of 
the  late  Mrs.  Char- 
lotte Rice  of  that 
city,  and  in  pre- 
sumed accordance 
with  what  would 
have  been  her 
wishes 500  00 

"  Teachers  and  Pupils 
of  the  Unitarian 
Sunday  School  at 

Exeter,  N.  H 66  00 

April  11,  Joseph  Lovejoy 25  00 

"          C.       P.     Emmons, 

Needham 25  00 

"  A  class  in  the  Chest- 
nut-street Congre- 
gational Sabbath 
School  at  Chel- 
sea   25  00 

W.,  Charlestown...       1  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  fair 
got  up  for  the  chil- 
dren in  East  Ten- 
nessee by  eight 
little  girls  at  Ply- 
mouth, viz. : — An- 
na Y.  Stoddard, 
Mary  Hodge,  Liz- 
zie C.  Faulkner, 
Abby  W.  Davis, 
Joanna  W.  Davis, 
NellieClark.Laura 
Y.  Loring,  Edith 
A.  Andrews 80  00 

"          Susan  D.  Rogers. . .     25  00 
April  12,  G.  A.  Bethune 60  00 

"          Somerset  Street-. . .     10  00 

"          "  Mariner,"  Newbu- 

ryport 6  00 

"  Missionary  Ch.  in 
Lanesville,  Glou- 
cester, Mass.,  by 
Rev.  Thomas  Mo- 
rong 20  00 


Carried  up  ....$82,656  04 


Brought  up $82,656  04 

April  12,  Mrs.  Henry  Cutter, 

Winchester 10  00 

April    13,  Anonymous,     Yar- 
mouth      10  00 

"  Miss  S.  B.  Morton, 

Milton  Hill 50  00 

"          Mrs.  N.  F.  Safford, 

Milton  Hill 2500 

Hon.  Samuel  H. 
Dale,  May  or  of 
Bangor 25  00 

"          Friends  of  East  Ten- 

essee  in  Nantucket    30  00 

"  A  Collection  on  Fast 
Day  at  a  Union 
meeting  of  the 
Baptist  and  Ortho- 
dox churches  in 
Littleton 32  06 

"          Isaac     R.      Gifford, 

North  Dartmouth     50  00 

"  Lawrence  St.  Con- 
gregational Ch., 
Lawrence,  addi- 
tional    2  00 

A  friend,  in  Chelsea  100  00 

"  Proceeds  of  two  am- 
ateur concerts*  at 
Salem,  given  on 
the  4th  and  llth 
instant,  under  the 
auspices  of  Mr. 
Manuel  Fenollosa  650  00 
April  14,  "  From  one  who 
keeps  his  money 
as  long  as  his  con- 
science will  let 
him" 5  00 

"  L.  and  C.,  two  little 
boys.  Proceeds 
of  their  fair  in 
Hancock  Street. . .  5  10 

"          Bessie  L 2  00 

"  Pupils  and  teacher 
of  the  Eliot  Sab- 
bath School,  New- 
tonvMass 132  00 

"          ^Collection  made  in 
the  Sunday  School 
of  the  EliotChurch, 
Newton,  Mass.,  re- 
Carried  over  . . .  .$83,784  20 

*  Mr.  Bacon,  in  transmitting  the  hand- 
some donation  of  the  Eliot  Sunday  School 
writes,  "  We  were  stimulated  to  make 
our  collection  as  large  as  possible  by  the 
liberal  offer  of  our  Sabbath  School  teach- 
er to  double  whatever  sum  might  be  con- 
tributed by  the  school.  The  result  was  a 
contribution  of  $132." 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


93 


Brought  over. . .  .$83,784  20 
mitted,    with    the 
preceding,  by  Mr. 
George  W.  Bacon  127  60 

April  14,  "  Alpine  " 10  00 

"          Ladies'  Aid  Society, 

South  Danvers ...  50  00 
"  South  Church,  do.  52  33 
"  Baptist  do.  do.  5  55 
"  Methodist  do.  do.  20  00 
"  Unitarian  do.  do.  27  10 

April  15,  Anonymous 10  00 

W.,  Northampton..     2000 

"          C 6  00 

S 500 

"          Second   Cong.   Soc. 
in    Nan  tucket,  by 
Rev.  J.  K.  Karcher    88  03 
"          Mass.  Char.  Fire  So- 
ciety   300  00 

"          Anonymous 2000 

C.  S 5  00 

"          S.  H.  Bourne,  Ken- 

nebunk 5  00 

"          Cora 25  00 

April  16,   Mrs.  Mary  Morton, 

Milton  Hill 50  00 

Mrs.      M.     H.     M. 

Thompson 25  00 

"          C.  F.  W 5  00 

"          Blodgetfe  White...  100  00 
"          Thomas    W.    May- 
hew,        Westport 

Point 1000 

"  Proceeds  of  tab- 
leaux at  Jamaica 
Plains,  by  the 
hands  of  Miss 

Horton 334  75 

April  18,   A  dress- maker 5  00 

T.  C 1000 

"          J.,  being  net  amount 

of  three  days' work  1000 
"  S.  Blackinton,  North 

Adams 100  00 

"          S.Johnson,  do 50  00 

"          S.  W.  Brayton,  do.     50  00 
"          Mrs.  Mary  B.  Park- 
man 5  00 

"  M.,  second  donation  100  00 
"  Chiefly  raised  by  con- 
tributions in  the 
several  churches 
of  Milbury,  re- 
mitted by  D.  At- 

wood 150  00 

"  Turner  Sargent,  in 
addition  to  a  form- 
er donation  of  the 
same  amount 100  00 


Carried  up $85,664  46 


Brought  up $85,664  46 

April  18,  Harry  and  Charlie. .  6  00 
The  officers  and 
crew  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  ship  Rat- 
tler, enclosed  in 
a  letter  from  Dr. 
Scollay  Parker,  A. 
A.  Surgeon,  dated 
off  Hurricane  Isl- 
and, Mississippi 
River,  26th  March, 

1864 127  00 

T.    Jefferson    Cool- 

idge 200  00 

April  19,  A  Farmer  of  North 

Perry,  Me 5  00 

C.  D.  Kellogg 20  00 

"          M.  H.,   Rollinsford, 

N.  H 2500 

"  Citizens    of   Tyngs- 

borough 23  00 

"  Collection  made  by 
three  little  girls 
in  Concord,  Mass.  50  00 

"  Citizens  of  Dennis, 
being  the  proceeds 
of  an  exhibition 
held  there 37  00 

"          Anonymous 6  00 

"  Mrs.  Henry  Grew,  a 
second  donation  of 
the  same  amount.  100  00 

"  Collection  in  the 
church  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Hill  in  Wor- 
cester, in  addition 
to  the  very  liberal 
contributions  of 
individuals  of  the 
Society  heretofore 
announced 222  00 

"          M.,  East  Cambridge     10  00 
April  20,  First  Congregation- 
al Church  in  New 
Marlboro',      from 
Rev.  C.  C.  Painter    40  00 

«          X.  Y.  Z 1  00 

"  Universalist  Church 
in  Shirley  Village, 
by  Rev.  C.  B. 

Lombard 4100 

#  Anonymous 500  00 

Carried  over  .  .$87,076  46 

#  This  munificent  donation  was  enclos- 
ed in  a  note  in  which  the  writer  says:  — 

"  I  have  stood  in  the  fight  many  a  day 
bv  the  side  of  those  East  Tennesseeans, 
but  I  see  there  are  yet  other  ways  of  do- 
ing one's  duty  towards  them ;  so  I  add 
my  contribution  to  their  aid." 


94 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over $87,075  46 

April  21,  Elias   Keith,  Rowe, 

Mass 6  00 

"          S.  P.  Brown,  Dover, 

Me 100  00 

"  A  few  Citizens  of 
York,  Me.,  remit- 
ted by  Mr.  George 
Moody 4500 

"  Proceeds  of  a  little 
girls'  fair  in  Dor- 
chester last  week  : 
Fanny  Downes, 
Anna  Morse,  Ber- 
tha Newbury,  Liz- 
;  zie  Peirce,  Lila 
Howard,  and  Em- 
ma Nazro,  Com- 
mittee   200  45 

April  22,  "A  Vermont  Soldier 

on  the  Potomac  " .       1  15 

"          A    family  on  Dana 

Hill,  Cambridge..     1500 

"  E.  P.  N.,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H 25  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  young 
ladies'  fair,  held  at 
No.  21  Boylston 

Place 1000  00 

April  23,  Citizens  of  Ipswich..  385  00 
Benjamin  F.  Clarke, 

Winchendon 5  00 

"  A  few  ladies  in  Bel- 
mont,  —  collected 
by  Miss  Mack....  57  00 
Collection  taken  in 
Rev.  Joshua  Colt's 
Church  at  Brook- 
field,  Mass 30  00 

"  An  American  gen- 
tleman in  Italy...  200  00 

"  Aaron  Roberts,  Do- 
ver, N.  H 10  00 

W.  J.  H 2  00 

".  A  few  individuals 
in  North  Parish, 
Portsmouth 150  00 

"          "Dickens  Dramatic 

Club,"  Cambridge  103  00 
April  24,  From  a  friend,    by 

J.  J.  M 50  00 

First  Baptist  Church 
in  Dorchester,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Barrows    17  50 
C.  &J.  A 1000 

"          "  In  Memoriam,"  F. 

C.  L.  and  F.  S.  M.    40  00 
F.  A.  E 80  00 

"  Members  of  the  M. 
E.  Church  in  Dor- 


Carried  up §89,557  66 


Brought  up $89,557  56 

Chester,    by   Rev. 

C.S.Rogers 3600 

April  24.  Collection     in     the 
.  Congregational 
Church  at   South 

Reading 72  13 

Social  gathering  at  do.  46  00 
Collection  in  the 
Unitarian  Church 
in  North  Chelsea, 
Rev.  W.  0.  Mose- 
ley,  Pastor 34  00 

"  Collection  at  the 
Crombie  Street 
Church  and  Soci- 
ety at  Salem,  by 
Henry  J.Pratt...  73  47 

"  Penny  contributions 
of  the  Mt.  Vernon 
Sabbath  School  for 
one  month,  by 
Warren  L.  Tower, 
Treasurer........  25  00 

"  Lafayette  Burr,  — 
formerly  a  resi- 
dent at  the  South  50  00 
Miss  Wales,  —  in 
addition  to  a  pre- 
vious contribution 
of  $300,  before  re- 
ported    200  00 

April  26,  Collection  taken  at 
the  Church  of  the 
Unity  at  Worces- 
ter, Rev.  Mr.  Ship- 
pen,  Pastor, 158  00 

"  Collection  taken  at 
the  Congregation- 
al Church  at  Wen- 
ham,  Rev.  J.  S. 
Sewall,  Pastor. . .  29  00 

"  Unitarian  Sunday 
School  at  Quincy, 
L.  P.  Forbush, 
Superintendent...  252  10 
April  27,  Chas.  K.  Cobb,  in 
addition  to  two  for- 
mer donations  of 

same  amount 50  00 

"  Collected  in  New 
Bedford.by  Master 
Willie  Howland, 
who  was  prevent- 
ed from  getting 
more  by  illness . .  3  50 

"  Collection  at  the 
Dorchester  Village 
Church.  Rev.  Mr. 
Rich,  Pastor 53  25 

Carried  over. . .  $90,639  01 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over  . .  .$90,639  01 
April  27,  Collection  at  the 
Church  of  the 
Third  Religious 
Society  of  Dor- 
chester, Rev.  I. 
J.  Mutnford,  Pas- 
tor   100  00 

*  Collection  taken  at 
the  First  Church, 
Dorchester,  Rev. 
Mr.  Hall,  Pastor..  272  50 

Collection  at  the 
First  Independent 
Methodist  Church, 
Dorchester,  Rev. 
Mr.  Pettee,  Pastor  13  35 

Cyrus  Brewer,  Dor- 
chester   10  00 

Miss  M.  H.  Hooper, 
Dorchester 5  00 

J.  H.  B.  Lang,  Dor- 
chester   20  00 

"  A  friend  "  by  J. 
J.  M.,  Dorchester  20  00 

C.  P.  Lewis,       do.      15  00 
Wm.  Hendry,    do.       10  00 

D.  C.  Holden,    do.        5  00 
G.  T.  Stoddard,  do.        2  00 

28,  Anonymous,      from 

Worcester 2  00 

Profit  on  700  shares 
Sutton  Copper  Co.  10  00 


April 


Carried  up $91,123  86 

*  The  contributions  from  Dorchester 
were  transmitted  in  the  following  noble 
letter  from  the  Selectmen :  — 

DORCHESTER,  April  27, 1864. 

"  DEAR  SIR, — The  Committee  appoint- 
ed by  the  Selectmen  of  Dorchester,  in  ac- 
cordance with  your  published  suggestions, 
to  obtain  in  that  town  contributions  for 
the  aid  of  the  loyal  sufferers  in  East  Ten- 
nessee, feel  that  in  closing  their  duties 
they  ought  to  report  briefly  to  yourself. 

"  They  have  made  personal  application 
to  a  large  number  in  the  town  best  able 
to  give  such  charities,  many  of  whom 
have  given  with  characteristic  liberality; 
and  they  have  caused  contributions  to  be 
taken  up  in  several  of  the  churches.  The 
amount  thus  given  by  the  citizens  of  Dor- 
chester, either  through  this  Committee  or 
otherwise,  they  find  to  be  (about  three 
thousand  dollars.  And  while  they  would 
gladly  have  made  this  amount  larger, 
they  still  feel  that,  if  other  towns  would 
give  in  like  proportion,  an  amount  will  be 
reached  much  larger  than  that  originally 
asked  from  the  State. 

"  Very  respectfully, 

"  For  the  Committee, 
[Signed]    "  SAMUEL  ATHERTON,  Treas." 


95 

Brought  up $91,123  86 

April  28,  Edward  Holbrook. .     20  00 

Myrtle  Street 5  00 

*John   W.     Peirce, 

jr.,  Tremont,  Me..    25  00 

Miss  C.  R.  V 200 

Collection  in  the 
North  Congrega- 
tional Church  and 
Society  at  Haver- 
hill,  remitted  by 
Mr.  Samuel  White  162  75 
April  29,  Jas.  L.  Mills  &  Son.  25  00 

Mrs.  C.  R.  V 2  00 

Collection   in  North" 
Congregational 
Church  in  Haver- 
hill 162  50 

April  30,  E.  A.  H.,  Roxbury..     15  00 

Anonymous,  in  ad- 
dition to  a  larger 
donation 2  50 

Collection  by  the 
youngest  class  at 
M'lle  de  Bonne- 
ville's  school  for 
young  ladies,  54 
Chestnut  Street. .  25  00 
May  2,  A.  B 4  QO 

Anonymous,  a  third 
contribution 30  00 

A  contribution  from 

Carried  over $91,604  61 

*  The  contribution  of  Master  Peirce,  a 
lad  of  twelve,  was  remitted  in  the  fol- 
lowing letter:  — 

"  S.  W.  HARBOR,  Tremont,  Me., 

April  5,  1864. 

"DEAR  SIR,— Enclosed  please  find 
twenty-five  dollars,  which  I  have  collect- 
ed for  the  suffering  East  Tenuesseeans. 
I  had  read  and  heard  so  much  of  the  suf- 
ferings of  these  loyal  people,  that  I  wish- 
ed very  much  to  do  something  for  them. 
I  said  to  my  mother  I  will  give  them  my 
dollar,  all  my  money.  She  said  that  will 
do  very  little  good  alone,  but  I  might  go 
round  and  ask  my  young  friends  to  give 
for  this  noble  cause.  I  was  pleased  to  do 
so,  and  have  collected  this  sum.  I  found 
both  old  and  young  ready  to  give  me 
something  ;  very  few  refused.  In  one 
family  I  got  almost  five  dollars.  I  know 
this  is  a  small  sum  compared  with  the 
thousands  you  are  receiving,  but  if  some 
little  boy  in  each  town  in  this  State  would 
go  -round  among  his  friends,  the  sums 
thus  collected  all  put  together  would 
make  thousands  of  dollars,  and  oh!  how 
much  suffering  would  be  relieved. 

"  Respectfully  yours, 
[Signed]  "  Jso.  W.  PEIRCE,  Jr." 


96 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


Brought  over $91,604  61 

the  citizens  of 
West  Amesbury, 
transmitted  by  W. 
J.  Boardman,  D. 
M.Tukesbury,  and 
W.  F.  M.  Hun- 
tington,  Selectmen 

of  Amesbury 161  00 

May  5,  From  the  Central 
Church,  Lynn,  ad- 
ditional contribu- 
tion, from  P.  C. 
Knapp 32  14 

"  First  Church  in  Rox- 
bury.Rev.  Dr.Put- 
nam,  remitted  by 
Mr.  S.  C.  Thwing  933  00 

"          North  End 1  00 

"          A  Union  Boy 2  00 

"  The  proceeds  of  a 
little  girls'  fair 
in  West  Cedar  St 
by  Misses  Maria 
Decatur,  Grace 
Kellogg,  and  Susie 
Spring 50  65 

"  A  part  of  the  "  Pen- 
ny Contribution" 
of  the  Mather  Sab- 
bath School  of  Ja- 
maica Plain,  for- 
warded by  the  Su- 
perintendent,in  ac- 
cordance with  the 
unanimous  wish 
of  the  members  of 
the  school 10  00 

"          Anonymous 25  00 

May  6,  *  Lyclia  S.  Gale,  a 
second  donation 

of 100  00 

May  7,  Parlor  juggling  by 
Ellison  &  Cool- 
idge 225 

"  *  A  second  contribu- 
tion of  fifty  dol- 
lars from  "A  Graft 
of  the  Brokers' 
Board."  . .  .  50  00 


Carried  up  ...$92,971  65 

*  The  generous  donation  of  Miss  Lydia 
S.  Gale  was  transmitted  in  the  following 
letter:  — 

BOSTON,  6A  May,  1864. 

"  SIR,  —  Being  very  desirous  that  the 
subscription  for  East  Tennessee  should 
amount  to  one  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
I  again  enclose  one  hundred  dollars  to- 
ward the  much  wished-for  consumma- 
tion." 


Brought  up..  $92,971  65 
May  7,  The  North  Baptist 
Society  in  Dor- 
chester, by  the 
hand  of  the  Pastor, 
Rev.  Mr.  Crane..  15  00 

"          Messrs.  Nickerson  & 

Co 100  00 

May  10,  Congregational  Ch. 
and  Society  of 
Buckland,  for- 
warded by  C. 
Lord 3210 

"  Congregational  So- 
ciety at  Acton, 
Rev.  Geo.  W. 
Coleman,  Pastor.  7  00 

"  Anonymous  contri- 
bution at  St. Paul's 
Church  on  Sun- 
day last 100  00 

"          Balance   of    a    sum 

contributed  by  ' 
three  individuals 
to  defray  expenses 
on  a  case  of  caps, 
vests,  &c.,  pre- 
pared by  ladies  of 
Beverly,  and  sent 
by  Miss  Hannah 
C.  Adams 6  75 

"  "Treasurer,"— Bal- 
ance of  a  fund  orig- 
inally contributed 
for  war  purposes .  38  22 

"  t  Miss  Anne  Wig- 
glesworth,  a  sec- 
ond donation  of. . .  100  00 


Carried  over. . .  §93,370  72 
*  The  contributor  who  signs  himself 
"  A  Graft  of  the  Broker's  Board,"  writes: 
"  I  feel  that  Massachusetts  and  the 
whole  country  are  doing  too  little  for 
those  noble  and  suffering  Patriots  of  East 
Tennessee.  It  makes  one's  blood  run 
cold  to  hear  of  what  they  have  to  endure. 
Captain  W.  W.  Dean's  published  letter  is 
sufficient  to  urge  us  on  to  give  more  re- 
lief. Herewith  enclosed  is  another  fifty 
from  "  A  Graft  of  the  Broker's  Board." 

t  Miss  Wigglesworth's  second  donation 
was  enclosed  in  the  following  note :  — 

"  Will  Mr.  Everett  be  kind  enough  to 
accept  the  enclosed,  that  it  may  lend  its 
little  aid  in  filling  the  vacuum  which  ex- 
ists between  the  present  receipts  and  the 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  which  we  mint 
send  from  Massachusetts. 

"  I  have  not  waited  till  this  last  moment 
before  sending  my  mite,  as  my  first  was 
sent  iu  February.  But  I  cannot  sit  still 
and  merely  wish  that  our  contributions 


LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 


97 


Brought  over $93,370  72 

May  10,    Miss  Mary  Wiggles- 
worth 100  00 

May  11,   Mr.  Emmanuel,    an 
attache'  of  the  Con- 
sul-General's office 
at  Constantinople..     20  00 
Mrs.  Albert  W.  Paine, 

Bangor,  Me 10  00 

E.  I).  Everett 20  00 

A    lady   in  Dedham, 

"  her  mite," 50  00 

George    Eliot    Rich- 

ardson 1  00 

"        Four  Cambridge  boys      200 
"        A  "  Boston  boy,"  (one 
of  the  first   contri- 
butors to  this  fund) 

third  donation 10  00 

May  12,  The  earnings  of  a  lit- 
tle boy 1  00 

Citizens  of  Dana, 
Mass.,  remitted  by 
N.  L.  Johnson, 
chairman  of  the 

Selectmen 48  65 

"        Messrs.  Faxon,  Elms 

&  Co 60  00 

Mrs.  Peter  C.  Brooks  200  00 
May  13,  *  J.  S.  W.,  one  hun- 
dred dollars  in  gold  170  00 
"         t  "Dorchester,  1791," 
Newton,   a  second 

donation  of 200  00 

May  14,  Proceeds  of  an  exhi- 
bition of  tableaux, 
by  four  boys  ;  Allen 
R.  Tilden,  Vincent 
Y.  Bowditch,  J.  O. 

Carried  up $94,253  37 

should  reach  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
thousand.  I  must  make  my  wish  —  and 
hope  that  others  will  do  the  same  —  as- 
sume a  practical  form. 

"  Very  respectfully  yours, 

"  A.  WIGGLES  WORTH. 
"  1  Park  Street,  May  9, 1864." 
*  J.  S.  W.  writes: — "1  enclose  you 
my  contribution  for  the  sufferers  in  Last 
Tennessee.  I  had  hoped,  before  this,  to 
congratulate  you  on  a  completion  of  the 
$100,000 By  your  letter  of  yes- 
terday from  Dr.  Humes,  it  appears  that 
great  destitution  still  prevails.-  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  sum  desired  from  Massa- 
chusetts will  soon  be  made  up." 

t  "Dorchester,  1791,"  writes  from  New- 
ton as  follows : — "  The  touching  evidences 
we  have  had  of  the  extreme  destitution 
and  suffering  of  our  friends  in  East  Ten- 
nessee would  seem  to  demand  a  division 
of  even  the  '  crust.'  " 

9 


Brought  up  .....  $94,253  37 

S.  Huntington  and 
Arthur  J.Putnam.     1430 
May  14,  Edwin  Rowland  .....   100  00 

Collection   taken    in 
the  Church  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Brooks  at 
South  Framingham    39  50 
J.  Kuhn  ............     25  00 

Anonymous  ...  2  00 

" 


M 


H 


100 
300 

A  little  boy  in  Wo- 
burn  ..............       1  20 

Henry  Lyon,  M.  D., 
Charlestown  .......     60  00 

t  Anonymous,      for- 
merly a  resident  in 
Knoxville  .........     60  00 

May  16,  Col.   Samuel    Swett, 
a  second  contribu- 
tion ..............     30  00 

A    young     lady     in 
Summer  Street  ____     10  00 

Anonymous  .........     10  00 

"        A   lady  in  Kingston, 

Mass  .............     10  00 

Thos.  Wiggles  worth, 
—  a    second    dona- 
tion of.  ...........   100  00 

May  17,  From    a  member  of 

the  Legislature  .....  25  00 

"        Mrs.  A.  L.  Wales,  a 

second  donation  of.     50  00 
May  18,  Amos     P.      Tapley, 

Lynn  .............   100  00 

"        Miss  Eliza  Whitwell, 

Dorchester  .........   100  00 

I.  G.  R  .............     60  00 

May  19,  What  the  young  En- 
sign  left    for     the 
loyal  Tennesseeans 
when    he   went  to 
serve   his  country, 
byH.  S.  W  .....  ,.       500 

"        Isaiah   Chase,    West 

Harwich  ..........       5  00 

May  21,  A  young  lady  .......     40  00 

"        Quincy  Sun.  School, 

additional  .........       2  00 

May  23,  Anonymous  .........       6  00 

"        Rev.  Alex.  Proudfit, 
Chaplain  U.  S.  A., 

Carried  over  ----  $95,031  37 


*  The  contributor  who  formerly  resid- 
ed in  Knoxville  writes:  — "  Fifty  dollars 
from  one  who,  in  days  of  yore,  was  a  short 
sojourner  about  Knoxville,  and  whose 
then  estimate  of  East  Tennessoans  has 
been  borne  out  and  tested." 


LIST  OF   CONTRIBUTOR^. 


Brought  over. . . .  $95,081  37 
Portem'th  Grove, 

R.  1 1500 

Mar  23,     Sam'l  Rodman,  New 

Bedford 100  00 

"          "  An  Old-Fashioned 

Man" 60  00 

May  26,  H.  Bromfield  Pear- 
son, a  second  dona- 
tion   50  00 

"          Anonymous 2  00 

"  Proceeds  of  tableaux 
by  "  Ten  young  la- 
dies of  Mr.  Shack- 
ford's  School,"...  25  00 

"  The  Amesbury  Mills 
Congregational  So- 
ciety    37  46 

May  28,    George  Wilson,  New 

Bedford 1000 

"          William  Gray,  a  sec- 
ond donation  of. . .  500  00 
O.W.  Holmes,  M.D.  100  00 

"  Net  proceeds  of  a 
musical  entertain- 
ment at  Chicker- 
ing's  Hall,  the  use 
of  which  was  giv- 
en by  the  Messrs. 
C.'s  gratuitously  1162  00 
W.  H.  H.  Newman  50  00 

"          G.  F.  H 500 

"  Edward  Warren,  M. 
D.,  Newton  Lower 
Falls,  (second  don- 
ation)   20  00 

"  Four  school  girls  at 

New  Bedford 7  00 

"  Three  boys  at  Wai- 
pole,  (Arthur 
Cram,  George  B. 
Clark,  James  B. 
Lewis,)  "  the  prof- 
its of  a  small  store 
and  picking  dan- 
delions "  in  the 
holidays 5  00 

"  Proceeds  of  a  chil- 
dren's fair,  held  at 
the  house  of  Wil- 
liam Gray,  Esq., 
by  Ellen  Gray, 
Anna  Jackson,  and 
Georgiana  Eaton..  500  00 
May  30,  One  day's  pay  of  a 

Navy  Yard  employe      3  00 

"  Anonymous,  Dor- 
chester   4  00 

"  Congregational  So- 
ciety at  Truro,  by 


Carried  up $97,726  83 


Brought  up $97,726  83 

the    Pastor,   Rev. 

Mr.  Noble 18  00 

May  30,     Anonymous,  second 

contribution 40  00 

Methodist  Society  at 
Maiden  Centre,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Barnes, 

the  Pastor 50  50 

"          Anonymous  gift  for 

East  Tennesseans  100  00 
May  31 ,  Addditional  from  the 
Methodist  Society 
at  Maiden  Centre, 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Barnes  20  00 
"  Proceeds  of  a  chil- 
dren's fair,  held 
by  Georgiana  Hay- 
ward,  Ellen  Hay- 
ward  and  Geo.  R. 
R.  Rivers,  at  the 
house  of  Dr.  Hay- 
ward,  Temple 

Place 190  00 

"  A  mite  for  the  poor 
sufferers  in  East 
Tennessee,  from  a 

poor  female 5  00 

Octavius  Pickering, 

a  second  donation .     30  00 
"  "  One   of  the   Com- 

/  mittee,"  (a  second 

donation) Ill  00 

June  1,      Proceeds  of  a  little 
child's  fair  in  West 

Chester  Park 7  00 

"  Mrs.  J.  Mason  War- 
ren   100  00 

Mrs.  Charles  G.  Lor- 
ing,  (a  second  do- 
nation)    100  00 

June  2,     The  proceeds   of    a 

gold  chain 20  00 

"  Evelyn,  of  Norris- 
town,  on  a  visit  to 

Boston 5  00 

Collection  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Univer- 
salist  Society  at 
South  Danvers..  33  00 
June  2,  Friend  X.,  by  the 
hand  of  S.  E.  Sew- 
all,  Esq.,  (a  second 

donation) 100  00 

A  lady  of  Roxbury  1  00 
A  member  of  the 
State  Legislature, 
who  voted  against 
the  additional  com- 
pensation, (a  sec- 
ond donation) 25  00 


Carried  over $98,682  33 


LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 


99 


Brought  over, $98,682  33 

June  2,      Hon.  S.  L.  Crocker, 

Taunton 100  00 

Anonymous 131  66 

"  4,  Proceeds  of  a  chil- 
dren's fair  at  Dr. 
Talbot's,31  Mount 
Vernon  Street,  on 
Wednesday  last..  1000  00 
East  Tennessee, 

anonymous 10  00 

"  Miss  Martha  B. 
Waite,  remitted 
by  Hon.  George  B. 

Upton 100  00 

"          George  W.  Wales,  a 

second  donation . .  100  00 
Mrs.  B.  C.  C.  Par- 
ker, West  Newton     10  00 

The  following  sums  remitted  by  his 
Honor  Jabez  C.  Knight,  Mayor  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  viz  :  — 


June  6, 


Charles  Sherry,  Jr., 

Bristol,  II.  1 100  00 

Ladies'  Relief  Asso- 
ciation, 5th  Ward, 

Providence 100  00 

Joseph  A.  Barker  . .     25  00 

S.  G.  Mason 20  00 

Rev.  Dr.  Wayland.     25  00 
Charles  E.   Carpen- 
ter      25  00 

AmosD.  Smith 100  00 

Anonymous 10  00 

Several  small  sums 
from  Olney  Ar- 
nold, Pawtucket, 
R.  I...  ...  31  00 


Willy    A.    Stevens, 
Cambridgeport, 
"  collected      from 
little     playfellows 

and  friends  " 10  00 

June  7,  From  the  Congre- 
gational Church 
and  Society  in 
Hollis,  N.  H .  56  50 

H.  O.  H 3798 

June  10,  Proceeds  of  a  Con- 
cert given  in  the 
Music  Hall  on  the 
4th  instant,  under 
the  auspices  of 
Mrs.  Eastburn ...  302  25 

P.  B.,  by  the  hand  of 
J.  J.  May 10  00 

Carried  up  ....  $100,986  72 


Brought  up $100,986  72 

June  10,  An  aged  lady  who 
withholds  her 
name,  a  twenty 
dollar  gold  piece . .  39  00 
Proceeds  of  a  collec- 
tion at  the  Trini- 
tarian Church  at 
New  Bedford,  of 
which  Rev.  W. 
Craig  is  pastor 150  00 

June  13,  Ladies  Benevolent 
Society  at  North 
Andover 10  00 

June  20,   Miss  Ira  E.  Loring, 

a  second  donation  100  00 
"  From  Misses  Mary 
W.Gannett,  Sarah 
M.  Bond,  &  Grace 
T.  Etheridge,  the 
proceeds  of  a  chil- 
dren's fair 41  25 

June  22,  Proceeds  of  an  em- 
blematic and  dra- 
matic entertain- 
ment in  Chicker- 
ing's  Hall 116  00 

June  29,  Proceeds  of  a  chil- 
dren's fair,  held 
at  the  house  of 
John  Lowell,  Esq., 
Chestnut  Hill, 
Newton 386  00 

July  7,  From  S.  D.,  by  the 
hand  of  Rev.  Ed- 
mund F.  Hafter..  25  00 

July  10,   W.  W.  W.,  Salem. .       8  00 

July  13,  Small  balance  of  one 
of  the  children's 
fairs  5  00 

July  26,  First  Congregational 
Church  and  Soci- 
ety in  Yorke,  Me.  21  45 

Aug.  6,  Attleboro'  ($128  50) 
and  Wrentham 
($41  00)  by  the 
hands  of  Mr.  H. 
Rice 169  50 

Ang.  11,  Additional  from  the 
children's  fair,  at 
Dr.  Talbot's 4  00 

Aug.  24,  D.  B.  Check;  Dan- 
ville, Ky 6  00 

Sept.  17,  Capt.  S.  D.  Trench- 

ard,  U.  S.  N 2000 

Sept.  21,  Miss  Jane  Bachelor, 

Northbridge  Centre    1  00 

Oct.  26,    Proceeds  of  a  fair  at 

109  Pinkney  St.  . .     92  16 

Total $102,180  08 


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